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Balika Badhu is a 1976 Hindi film produced by Shakti Samanta and directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film is based on the Bengali novel by the same name by Bimal Kar, about a young girl who is married before she is old enough to understand what marriage is all about, against the backdrop of Indian freedom struggle. Gradually she and her school-going husband grow as a couple and begin to love one another. The film was previously made into a Bengali film, Balika Badhu (1967), starring Moushumi Chatterjee, by Tarun Majumdar himself.
Original Release
08/20/1976
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sachin Pilgaonkar | Amal |
| Rajni Sharma | Rajni |
| Govardhan Asrani | Sharat |
| A.K. Hangal | Master ji / Masterji |
| Prema Narayan | Radhiya |
| Urmila Bhatt | Amal's mom |
| Kanwarjeet Paintal | Shambhu |
| Asit Kumar Sen | Udasu |
| Om Shivpuri | Amal's dad |
| Preeti Ganguli | Nandini |
Directors
Writers
Tarun Majumdar, Bimal Kar, Shabd Kumar
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sachin Pilgaonkar | Amal |
| Rajni Sharma | Rajni |
| Govardhan Asrani | Sharat |
| A.K. Hangal | Master ji / Masterji |
| Prema Narayan | Radhiya |
| Urmila Bhatt | Amal's mom |
| Kanwarjeet Paintal | Shambhu |
| Asit Kumar Sen | Udasu |
| Om Shivpuri | Amal's dad |
| Preeti Ganguli | Nandini |
| Kajri | Chandra - Amar's sister |
| Master Panna | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Adult Amal |
| S.N. Banerjee | Pandit |
| Ashok Kumar | Aged Amal |
| Polson | School-teacher |
| Zeenat Aman | Adult Rajni |
| Yasmin | In the song yeh choodiyan |
| Poonam Shende | Imported bangle seller |
| Asit Sen | Udasu |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Shakti Samanta | Producer |
