Jyoti (1981)
Sunanda will not hear of her son marrying a poor villager's daughter, and she convinces him that Gauri should get married to Govind. Although her father is opposed to his daughter marrying a senile man, Gauri accepts Govind and marries him. She finds out that she and Govind have no status in the household, which is run on the whims and fancies of Sunanda, her maid, Chintamani, and Niranjan. Niranjan is misguided by a dancer, Mallika, and Amirchand who are after his wealth. Gauri must now decide to have her own life or be chained down.
- Date of release
- 1981-05-06
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Pramod Chakravorty
Casting
- Jeetendra — Govind Pratap Singh
- Hema Malini — Gauri
- Ashok Kumar — Raja Saab
- Shashikala — Sunanda
- Om Shivpuri — Vedji
- Ajit Khan — Amirchand
- Vijayendra Ghatge — Niranjan Pratap Singh
- Deven Verma — Siyaram
- Birbal — Lallu
- Viju Khote
- C.S. Dubey
- Aruna Irani — Mallika
Interesting facts
Jyoti (transl. Light) is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, produced and directed by Pramod Chakravarty, and written by Sachin Bhowmick. The film is a remake of the 1975 Bengali film Swayamsiddha, which itself is based on Manilal Banerjee's eponymous novel. It stars Jeetendra and Hema Malini, with music composed by Bappi Lahiri.
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