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The son of a wealthy family, Monish falls in love with Deviyani, a girl from a considerably less privileged background. When Monish leaves to study abroad, the lovers plan to reunite, but desperate financial straits force Deviyani into a marriage with a philandering drunk instead. Deeply unhappy, she flees, taking her infant daughter with her and vanishing into thin air. Does fate have more than misery in store for the unfortunate Deviyani?
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The son of a wealthy family, Monish falls in love with Deviyani, a girl from a considerably less privileged background. When Monish leaves to study abroad, the lovers plan to reunite, but desperate financial straits force Deviyani into a marriage with a philandering drunk instead. Deeply unhappy, she flees, taking her infant daughter with her and vanishing into thin air. Does fate have more than misery in store for the unfortunate Deviyani?
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Genre:Family, Music, Romance
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Runtime:150 minutes
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Asit Sen
Director
Ashok Kumar
Manish Roy
Dharmendra
Barrister Indraneel
Suchitra Sen
Devyani - Pannabai / Suparna
Kalipada Chakraborty
Rakhal Bhattacharya
David Abraham Cheulkar
Doctor Abraham
Pahadi Sanyal
Prosecuting Lawyer
Bipin Gupta
Kantilal
Asit Sen
Mahadev Prasad
Chaman Puri
Ghishta Babu - Devyani's dad
Chhaya Devi
Minabai
Pratima Devi
Mother Mary
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