Shaadi is an 1962

1962 in film

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 Indian film

Cinema of India

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 directed by R. Krishnan and S. Pandu. It stars actors Dharmendra

Dharmendra

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 and Saira Banu

Saira Banu

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The title reflects the Urdu

Urdu

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word for a marriage (comes from root word shaad, which means happiness in Persian), specifically a wedding ceremony.

Plot

an elder patriarch Ratan Malhotra (Balraj Sahni, spiffy performance, but then he's already done such roles dime a dozen]) and his wife Shanti (Sulochana, surprisingly solid, given most her roles are usually subdued). His happy household consists of his younger brother Ramesh (Dharmendra) and Gauri (Saira Banu). Ramesh marries Kala (Indrani), daughter of a rich, well placed judge. Gauri's marriage is fixed with the son Raja (Manoj Kumar) of greedy businessman Daulatram (Om Prakash). However due to unfortunate circumstances (a plane accident where he's lost his memory), Ramesh is unable to reach the wedding in time with the dowry money leading to Daulatram walking off immediately after culmination of the marriage rituals, with his son in the tow.

Raja and Gauri meet in Bombay where Gauri realizes that Raja is her husband and wanting to make it big on his own. Ratan and Shanti on the other hand end up in Bombay in search of Gauri and face an embittered Kala, who blames them for Ramesh's amnesiac state, insults them and throws them out of the house.

Ramesh recovers his memory and returns to his village only to realize that in his absence, his sister's wedding was called off due to lack of money and his older brother had to sell of their ancestral property to repay the loan. Holding Kala responsible, he separates and begins his search for his brother.

Raja makes it big as an actor, his father learns a lesson about importance of relationships over money. Raja - Gauri - Ramesh - Kala - Ratan - Shanti have a reunion. Everyone lives happily ever after.

Cast

• Balraj Sahni ... Ratan
• Saira Banu ... Gauri
• Manoj Kumar ... Raja
• Indrani Mukherjee ... Kala
• Dharmendra ... Ramesh
• Sulochana Latkar ... Shanti
• Raj Mehra ... Judge Motilal
• Manorama ... Mrs. Motilal
• Randhir ... Manager
• Leela Mishra ... Forty Two's Aunt
• Ravikant
• Som Haksar
• Keshav Rana ... Loafer
• Kalpana
• Kesri
• Mohan Choti ... Forty Two
• Om Prakash ... Seth Daulat Ram