Chhoti Bahu

1971
2h 17m

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Radha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the propo... Read allRadha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the proposal before Shriram and his wife, Sita. They approve of Radha and show her photograph to Sh... Read allRadha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the proposal before Shriram and his wife, Sita. They approve of Radha and show her photograph to Shriram's brother, Dr. Madhu, who agrees to marry her. The marriage is celebrated with great... Read all

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Rajesh Khanna

Madhu

Sharmila Tagore

Radha

Nirupa Roy

Sita

Mehmood Jr.

Niku
(as Jr. Mehmood)

Shashikala Jawalkar

Paro
(as Shashikala)

Master Suraj

I.S. Johar

Premnath (Niku's dad)

Tarun Bose

Shriram

Shivraj

Radha's Father

Paidi Jairaj

Rajaram Ramprasad Bahadur
(as Jairaj)

Satyendra Kapoor

Vedji Avtar
(as Sathyan Kumar)

Radhika Rani

Irshad Panjatan

Servant

Chandrima Bhaduri

Ganga

Master Ratan

Babbanlal Yadav

Narayan
(as Babbanlal)

Rasheed Jackpot

Ranganath Jadhav

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Trivia
Chhoti Bahu was famous for the story of Amitabh Bachchan taking Sharmila Tagore's autograph on the films sets. He was a huge fan of Sharmila and a struggler in those days.

Soundtracks
Koyal Bole Dali Se
Music by Kalyanji Veerji Shah & Anandji Veerji Shah
Lyrics by Shyamalal Babu Rai, Kaifi Azmi and Udhav Kumar
Performed by Lata Mangeshkar

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8/10

Mischief in a joint family - are there any happy outcomes?

Madhu and his sister Paro are orphaned young and brought up by his elder half-brother (Amrit) and sister-in-law (Seeta). Madhu becomes a doctor and establishes practice in the village where he grew up. Continuing to discharge their responsibility as surrogate parent, Amrit and Seeta arrange for his wedding with Radha, heir of wealthy parents.

After the wedding they discover that Radha has epilepsy, which fact was hidden during the marriage. This causes a rift, which is soon patched up.

Chhoti Bahu is a story of lies, deceit, envy, beauty, sacrifice and a sense of community within a joint family environment where three couples live under the same roof, in rural India.

The story-line is good, the acting is moderately good, though not award winning. Editing and photography is good and I would certainly recommend this movie on a rainy afternoon if you wish to reconnect with or find out more about a joint family.