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Mem Sahib

Mem Sahib

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Mem Sahib

1956

2h 13m

8.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Meena, a wealthy, educated girl, has been promised in marriage to Sunder, a sheltered young man who has received an extremely traditional religious education. Displeased, Meena sets out to find a more suitable candidate, but is taken in by Manohar, a gold-digging conman. Finding Sunder to be clueless about the world, Manohar is soon manipulating him as well as Meena in his schemes to gain possession of Meena's fortune.

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NH Studioz

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari

Meena

Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar

Sunder

Shammi Kapoor

Shammi Kapoor

Manohar

Kumkum

Kumkum

Kamini

Mehmood

Mehmood

Hardeep Kumar

Om Prakash

Om Prakash

Brothel Patron

Randhir

Communist

Shivraj

Shivraj

Sunder's Guru

Pratima Devi

Sunder's Mother

Gani

Meena's Chacha

Creative team

Directed by: R.C. Talwar
Written by: R.C. Talwar
Produced by: R.C. Talwar

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