Devar

Devar
Film poster
Directed by	Mohan Segal
Written by	Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay
Starring	Dharmendra Sharmila Tagore Deven Verma
Music by	Roshan
Distributed by	De Luxe Films
Release date	1966
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Devar is a 1966 Hindi film directed by Mohan Sehgal. It stars Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Deven Verma and Shashikala. The music is by Roshan and the lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film is based on the short novel Naa by the noted Bengali writer Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay. This novel was already adapted into 1954 Bengali movie of same name and the 1962 Tamil movie Padithaal Mattum Podhuma.

Plot

Shankar and Bhawariya are childhood lovers who have been parted by unfortunate circumstances. Shankar's cousin Suresh (Deven Verma) is an advocate. Matchmaker Ram comes up with marriage proposals for both the cousins. Following family traditions, it is decided that the boys will meet the respective brides by proxy. Suresh falls in love with Madhumati (Bhawariya). He cooks up a wicked plot. He writes two letters to each of the families. Shankar comes to know that Madhumati is Bhawariya, the girl whom he used to love. In a rift between Shankar and Suresh, Suresh dies accidentally, for which Shankar is held the culprit. Madumati who is determined to see her husband's murderer hanged, changes her words and saves Shankar.

The movie ends without Madumati ever knowing that Shankar is her childhood friend.

Cast

• Dharmendra
• Sharmila Tagore
• Shashikala
• Deven Verma
• David Abraham
• Durga Khote
• Dhumal
• Sulochana Latkar
• Sabita Chatterjee
• Raj Mehra ... Thakur Mahendra Singh
• Tarun Bose ... Advocate Gopinath
• D.K. Sapru ... Diwan Jaswant Rai (as Sapru)
• Brahm Bhardwaj ... Public Prosecutor
• Nazir Kashmiri
• Pardeep Singh

Soundtrack

External links

• Devar on IMDb