Sahara (सहारा) 1958

Published on December 14, 2011 in Cinema

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Banner	Tasveeristan
Director	Lekhraj Bhakri
Writer	Lekhraj Bhakri
Producer	Kuldeep Sehgal
Orginal music	Hemant Kumar
Cinematography	Ranjodh Thakur
Film Editing	Lachhmandass
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Playback Singers	Lata Mangeshkar

Character	Actor/actress
	M. Rajan
	Kuldip Kaur
	Kanhaiya Lal
	Kammo
	Badri Prasad
	Meena Kumari
	Daisy Irani

Orphaned Leela (Meena Kumari) lives with her cruel aunt, Rangilibai (Leela Mishra); cousin, Kaushalya (Kammo); and uncle Vikram Singh (Badri Prasad). When Rangilibai arranges Kaushalya's marriage to Chhote Thakur (M. Rajan), the son of a wealthy landlord, Leela agrees to go with her as a maid as part of her dowry. But things change when the landlord rejects Kaushalya and decides to marry Leela. After marriage, Leela is accused of having a lover and is thrown out of home by her husband, who later understands his mistake as he was misled by his sister. Leela goes to Rangilibai's house, but she firmly refuses to accept her. Alone and desperate, Leela meets a distant relative named Gaman Singh (Kanhaiyalal). He takes her in to live with him and his wife, Swarupbai (Kuldip Kaur). When Leela refuses Swarupbai's demand to beg for alms, the latter blinds her with special eye-drops. Having lost her vision, a blinded Leela is led daily through the streets and is forced to sit near the steps of a temple singing and begging for alms. Soon Leela develops a loving mother-son relationship with another begger of Swarupbai, a boy named Panna (Daisy Irani). This relationship carries the narrative forward.