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Kathputli (transl. Puppet) is a 1957 Pygmalion Black-and-white Hindi-language film produced by Ajit Chakraborty and Amiya Chakrabarty with their Sreerangam Productions. The film was the last film of director Amiya Chakrabarty, who had earlier directed Basant, Daag and Seema. He died during the filming and Nitin Bose took up the mantle of director in the film. The film stars Vyjayanthimala and Balraj Sahni in the lead with Jawahar Kaul, Agha, Kumari Kamala, C. S. Dubey, Sheela Kashmiri, Poonam and Laxman Rao, forming an ensemble cast. The film's music was composed by the Shankar Jaikishan duo, with the lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.
Original Release
01/25/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vyjayanthimala | Pushpa |
Balraj Sahni | Loknath |
Kamala Kumari | Kamala |
Jawahar Kaul | Shivraj |
Sheila Kashmiri | |
C.S. Dubey | (as C. S. Dube) |
Laxman Rao | |
Jharna | |
Poonam | (as Punam) |
Jagat Pal |
Directors
Writers
Amiya Chakrabarty, Chandrakant
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vyjayanthimala | Pushpa |
Balraj Sahni | Loknath |
Kamala Kumari | Kamala |
Jawahar Kaul | Shivraj |
Sheila Kashmiri | |
C.S. Dubey | (as C. S. Dube) |
Laxman Rao | |
Jharna | |
Poonam | (as Punam) |
Jagat Pal | |
Shyam Kumar | |
Robert | |
Vijay | |
Agha | Manohar |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Amiya Chakrabarty | Producer |
Ajit Chakraborty | Producer |