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Samaj Ko Badal Dalo

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Samaj Ko Badal Dalo
Poster
Directed byV. Madhusudhana Rao
Written byThoppil Bhasi
StarringParikshit Sahni
Sharada
CinematographyTyagraj Pendharkar
Music byRavi
Production
company
Release date
2 October 1970 (1970-10-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (transl. Change the Society) is a 1970 Bollywood drama film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. The film stars Parikshit Sahni, Sharada (reprising the latter's role from the original version and making this picture as her Hindi film debut), Prem Chopra, Pran, Mehmood, Aruna Irani, Kanchana in pivotal roles. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Thulabharam (1968).[1][2]

Plot

The film starts with a court scene in which a woman is held for a heinous crime, prosecuted by a female public prosecutor and recommended for a death penalty to the Court. When asked by the Judge for any final representation, the woman explains why she committed the crime.

Chhaya is the only daughter of Satyanarayan. Satyanarayan is owner of a Mill, in partnership with Daulatram. Chhaya has a friendship with Shyam, her college fellow. Vimla is the daughter of Kundanlal who is the Private Advocate for the company. One day, Prakash, a young Mill-worker, along with few of his labour union colleagues of the Mill approaches Satyanarayan, requesting timely payment of a Bonus prior to Diwali. Satyanarayan passes on the request to partner, Daulatram, and it falls deaf ears and is refused. Daulatram intends a huge profit instead, and asks to ignore the demand of workers which is indigestible to Satyanarayan.

An heated argument between them results in break-up of the partnership. In retribution after feeling slighted by the argument, Daulatram deceives Satyanarayan cunningly with the help of Kundanlal and claims all of his property and control of the Mill. Homeless Satyanarayan unable to sustain the shock, dies of heart attack leaving Chhaya his alone in the world.

Initially Chhaya seeks shelter to Vimla, who is unable to help on the grounds of her father being Kundanlal. A request to Shyam to have a shelter in his home also receives a rejection from him, he asks her to forget friendships of college days. In fact, Shyam had found her penniless. Then Prakash offers Chhaya his cottage as shelter and requests her to stay with him and his old and poor mother, Gomti. Though hesitant initially, the poor mother welcomes both under such critical condition.

Puran and Churan are roadside lifters. Prakash enlightens both and then Puran joins the mill as a worker. Prakash and Chhaya continue their stay happily in the cottage and gradually become parents of three children. Gomti takes care of the children.

One day, Daulatram brings a modern machine to the Mill and announces sacking of 400 of the 1500 mill workers, which Prakash opposes. During negotiations Shyam, who has become the Manager, slaps Prakash, but matter is halted by police intervention. All the labourers under the leadership of Prakash decides to go on hunger strike and wins by interception by government to run the mill. However, Daulatram quickly approaches court and brings a Stay Order. Mill workers on strike, start starving. When Daulatram finds the Mill workers unmanageable at the Mill gate, he calls the police for protection and on the other hand pays money to his goons to finish off Prakash. Prakash falls prey to the goons on a dark evening in a narrow lane and dies. Chhaya in search of a job fails to get any work and situation worsens when her mother-in-law is taken away by her brother Kalicharan to his house and confines her, with a malicious intention of grabbing the cottage in future. Prakash and Chhaya's children then start suffering for want of food & come to the road to beg desperately. When Chhaya learns that her children are begging on streets, she tries to stop them, but they continue. Vendors cheat children for just a fistful of food in exchange of goods, value of which they are unaware. Next, a snack shop owner mistreats the children, under the pretext of theft of snacks by burning the hand of the elder girl by a hot rod from a boiling oil.

The film goes back to the court scene on the screen with Chhaya in the witness box, depicting the whole story and reasons of committing the heinous crime. She says that, she has received only deceit in her life, nothing else, as she is going to die, she takes poison and also gives it to her kids, but the poison also deceives her and the children die in front of her eyes. None of the other villainous characters are visible in the court.

After narration of life story, Chhaya collapses in the witness box due to the effect of poison and later dies in the custody. After finding the injustice with Chhaya, the Public Prosecutor, Vimla, who remains close witness to the entire life of Chhaya becomes disgusted over the trial and becomes very uncomfortable and restless. She then demands to the court to re-run the case, stating just Chhaya but the people involved in this case in fact should be held guilty and punished.

At the same time she holds all of society responsible for such incidences[spelling?] and asks that it too should be held guilty. Vimla demands to the Court to bring a change in the attitude of society by shouting the slogan, which is the title of the film Samaj Ko Badal Dalo.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ravi.

Song Singer
"Samaj Ko Badal Dalo" Mohammed Rafi
"Taaron Ki Chhaon Mein, Sapnon Ke Gaon Mein" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
"Tum Apni Saheli Ko Itna Bata Do" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
"Yeh Mausam, Yeh Khuli Hawa" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
"Hamara Pyara Lal Nishan" Mohammed Rafi, Manna Dey
"Ab Akele Hi Chalna Padega" Manna Dey
"Amma Ek Roti De, Baba Ek Roti De" Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar
"Payal Chham Chham Bole Sakhi" Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar
"Taaron Ki Chhaon Mein, Sapnon Ke Gaon Mein" Lata Mangeshkar

References

  1. ^ Vijayakumar, B. (10 October 2010). "Thulabharam 1968". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul, eds. (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.

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