Baap Beti

Baap Beti
Baap Beti
Directed by	Bimal Roy
Produced by	Gopi Rohra
Starring	Nalini Jaiwant ; Asha Parekh ; Nazir Hussain
Music by	Roshan
Production; company	Bhagyalaxmi Chitra Mandir
Release date	1954;

Baap Beti is a 1954 Indian Hindi film directed by Bimal Roy. The film was produced by Gopi Rohra and stars Nalini Jaiwant, as well as Asha Parekh as a child artist.^[1]

Production

Baap Beti is the only film by Roy to be adapted from a Western literary work, namely Maupassant "Simon's Papa".^[2]

Release

The film was a "debacle".^[3]

Songs

"Duniya Bananewale Ramoji" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Koyal Bole Ku Papiha Bole Pi" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Le Chal Ri Nindiya Le Chal Hame Tu Chanda" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Andhere Se Ujale Ki Taraf Le Ja Hame" - Lata Mangeshkar

References

^ Joshi, Sumit. Bollywood Through Ages. Best Book Reads. ISBN 978-1-311-67669-6.
^ Chatterji, Shoma A. (30 June 2017). The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An ′Outsider′ Within. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-86062-87-1.
^ Bhattacharya, Rinki Roy (15 July 2009). Bimal Roy: The Man who spoke in pictures. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-81-8475-818-4.

External links

Baap Beti at IMDb

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[1] Joshi, Sumit. Bollywood Through Ages. Best Book Reads. ISBN 978-1-311-67669-6.

[2] Chatterji, Shoma A. (30 June 2017). The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An ′Outsider′ Within. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-86062-87-1.

[3] Bhattacharya, Rinki Roy (15 July 2009). Bimal Roy: The Man who spoke in pictures. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-81-8475-818-4.

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