Sharabi

Sharabi (1964)

Keshav, an alcoholic, swears off alcohol after his father's death. He loves Kamala, whose father gets him a job and fixes a marriage date. But, the marriage is cancelled when he starts drinking again.

Date of release
1964-01-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Raj Rishi

Casting

Interesting facts

Sharabi (transl. Drunkard) is a 1964 Hindi-language drama film directed by Raj Rishi and starring Madhubala and Dev Anand. The film tells the story of a man and his obsession with alcohol. Sharabi was a commercial success and one of the top-grossing films of 1964. For Madhubala, although the film released five years before her death, it was her final release in her lifetime.

Production

Most of the shooting of Sharabi was completed in 1958, and it was slated to release in late 1958. Madhubala fell sick during the filming and thus the shooting came to a halt. Following temporary recovery, she went to London along with her husband Kishore Kumar for her treatment, the film still incomplete. She finished her work in Sharabi in early 1964.

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