Ek-Hi-Rasta

Ek-Hi-Rasta (1956)

Amar and Malti live an idyllic, loving life with their son Raja. However, Amar makes enemies in his job and is killed, forcing Malti to remarry.

Date of release
1956-01-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 31m
Genres
Drama
Director
B.R. Chopra

Casting

Interesting facts

Ek-Hi-Rasta is a 1956 family-drama Indian Hindi film directed and produced by B. R. Chopra. It starred Sunil Dutt, Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, Daisy Irani, Jeevan and Shrinath in main roles. The music for the film was scored by Hemanta Mukherjee. Having directed a few films earlier, Chopra formed his own production house B.R. Films in 1955 and Ek-Hi-Rasta was the first film produced under this banner. The film was remade in Telugu as Kumkuma Rekha (1960) and in Tamil as Pudhiya Pathai (1960).

Production

The film was directed and produced by B. R. Chopra under the B. R. films banner. Founded in 1955, the production house's first creation was this film.

The music was directed by well known singer Hemanta Mukherjee, with the lyrics written by one of the dominating musical forces in Indian Cinema, Majrooh Sultanpuri. The story, along with the screenplay and dialogue were written by Mukhram Sharma. Assistant directors included Balbir Kumar, O. P. Bedi and B. R. Chopra's brother, Yash Chopra.

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