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Mahfil

  • 1981
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5.5/10
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Sadhana Shivdasani in Mahfil (1981)
ActionDramaRomance

Widower Raghunath Singh lives a very wealthy lifestyle with his daughter, Shalini. While making a presentation on the importance of women, he is shot at by a woman, but is uninjured. Shortly... Read allWidower Raghunath Singh lives a very wealthy lifestyle with his daughter, Shalini. While making a presentation on the importance of women, he is shot at by a woman, but is uninjured. Shortly thereafter, Shalini introduces him to her boyfriend, Advocate Ajaykumar Saxena, who turns... Read allWidower Raghunath Singh lives a very wealthy lifestyle with his daughter, Shalini. While making a presentation on the importance of women, he is shot at by a woman, but is uninjured. Shortly thereafter, Shalini introduces him to her boyfriend, Advocate Ajaykumar Saxena, who turns out to be the nephew of Dindayal, Raghunath's childhood friend. Raghunath subsequently hi... Read all

  • Director
    • Amar Kumar
  • Writers
    • Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
    • Ismat Chughtai
  • Stars
    • Ashok Kumar
    • Sadhana Shivdasani
    • Anil Dhawan
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    5.5/10
    16
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    • Director
      • Amar Kumar
    • Writers
      • Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
      • Ismat Chughtai
    • Stars
      • Ashok Kumar
      • Sadhana Shivdasani
      • Anil Dhawan
    • 1User review
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    Ashok Kumar
    Ashok Kumar
    • Seth Raghunath
    Sadhana Shivdasani
    Sadhana Shivdasani
    • Shalini
    • (as Sadhana)
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    Anil Dhawan
    Anil Dhawan
    • Advocate Ajay Kumar Saxena
    Roopesh Kumar
    Roopesh Kumar
    • Babbanlal
    Mohan Chandola
    • Pritam
    • (as Mohan Chandula)
    Radhika Rani
    • Champa
    Baldev Mehta
    • Bangdu
    Mushtaq Merchant
    Mushtaq Merchant
    • Dagdu
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    Jugnu
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    Deepak
    Kedarnath Saigal
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      • Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
      • Ismat Chughtai
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    6cohuman

    Double Trouble

    Sadhana is a great actress. She was nearly 40 by this movie . Age shows on her slender tender frame but she manages to enact both roles very well. Ashok Kumar lives a rich life style with his only daughter who is in love with newbie Anil Dhawan. His other daughter ( again Sadhana ) by a concubine ( who he presumes is dead ) comes to haunt him . A lot of twists and turns and confusions take place. Both the girls live under the same roof . The righful daughter accepts her father's flaws and tries to redeem her step sister who is actually a nautch girl . Anil dislikes this step sister from day one who is crass and tries to interfere in their romance . She also wants a rightful share in her property. A letter arrives stating that the babies have been switched at birth by the spiteful courtesan and she now wishes to repent before dying . Many turmoils later , all becomes well. The prositute Sadhana ( who is the rightful legitimate daughter ) dies wearing bridal finery . Anil is perfect tall svelte and good looking for the role of a confused and also romantic lover . He often warns her about her step sister . Sadhana had adapted herself to the new wave . She looks equally svelte in mini skirts . Sadhana is on top in both the forms as a polished rich girl wearing her famous kurti pyjamas or sarees and also as a crass uncouth street walker dancing and prancing ,coming to claim her share in her father's property and affections . Roopesh kumar is likeable in his short role as her pimp . Ashok kumar is engaging as a repentent father , embarassed to accept his other daughter in public . We feel sorry for the bad Sadhana who dies in the end. She craves for her father's evasive attentions and wants to be a legitimate bride . Over all a fine movie . The main cast had stopped working in main roles by the time this movie released . Some dialogues , scenes , make up ... look stale because of this ... Strictly for Sadhana's fans .

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      • 1981 (India)
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