Hamari Beti

Hamari Beti (1950)

A three year old girl separates from her widowed mother during a train journey.A poor man meets her and starts living of her.She then meets a rich man who also dedicates his life towards her but feels she needs mothers love and gets married for the same.The widowed mother who lost her daughter is helped by a couple with their child but she still looks for her missing daughter.Years later when the daughter grows she is in love with a man. And destiny brings the lost daughter and mother in front of each other.

Date of release
1950-12-08
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Shobhna Samarth

Casting

Interesting facts

Hamari Beti is a 1950 Indian Hindi social comedy film. The directorial debut of Shobhna Samarth, it was the first film produced under her production company, Shobhana Pictures, to launch the acting career of her 14-year-old daughter Nutan, who played the title role. Samarth and Motilal, who wrote the script, starred as Nutan's parents, and Samarth's younger daughter Tanuja also made her debut in this film as a child artiste. Nutan contributed to Snehal Bhatkar's soundtrack for the film, singing the song "Tujhe Kaisa Dulha Bhaaye Re". The film released to considerable attention for Nutan's work.

Production

The film was the directorial debut of Shobhna Samarth, the first under her own production company, Shobhana Pictures, and was made to launch the acting career of her daughter Nutan, who played the title role. Nutan was aged 14 when she acted in the film. She took part in Snehal Bhatkar's soundtrack for the film, singing the song "Tujhe Kaisa Dulha Bhaaye Re".

Having grown up with complexes around her looks and weight, Nutan was nervous during the making of the film, unsure she could pull it off given how critical she was of her appearance and talents. She recalled an instance where her relatives changed their mind about her after watching the film: "The relatives who called me ugly changed their opinions overnight. They said they were proud of me."

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