A hospital where everyone's healing except the family tearing it apart.
This movie revolves around a village hospital that was built by a generous hearted man, Choudhury Ramprasad (Ashok Kumar) who is also a patient in the hospital. The other patients include Isamil (Iftekhar), Dayaram (Anwar Hussain), Ratan (Jalal Agha), and the doctor is Dr. Sunil (Sunil Dutt). Amongst the patient is a singer (Deb Mukherji), who loves Shyama (Farida Jalal) a worker in the hospital. When Meeta Sharma (Waheeda Rehman) comes to the hospital to admit her son, she meets Sunil and their romance is rekindled. In the background of the hospital atmosphere is an election in the village, which is proceeding smoothly, but causing a disturbance is Ramprasad's son (Ramesh Deo). Other supporting caste include Jagirdar, Chand Usmani, and Jankidas.
Acting
Ashok Kumar's dignified patriarch facing his own mortality.
Direction
Tapan Sinha's humanist gaze on institutional decay.
Writing
Parallel romances spanning ages and social strata.
Director
Tapan Sinha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tapan Sinha was one of few Indian directors equally respected in Bengali and Hindi cinema, bringing art-house sensitivity to commercial subjects.
The film captures a pivotal moment in 1970s India where traditional zamindari philanthropy clashed with emerging democratic politics and institutional corruption.
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