
Lajwanti is a 1958 Indian drama film directed by Narendra Suri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or for Best Film. The film was remade in Tamil as Engal Selvi (1960).
Having been unjustly accused of having an affair, a dutiful and loving wife is thrown out of the house by her husband and forced to abandon her baby. When mother and child are eventually reunited, the mother faces an uphill struggle to regain the love of her daughter.
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Lajwanti is a 1958 Indian drama film directed by Narendra Suri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or for Best Film. The film was remade in Tamil as Engal Selvi (1960).
==Cast== Balraj Sahni as Nirmal Kumar Nargis as Mrs. Kavita Kumar Naaz as Renu Radhakrishan as Pyare Mohan Manorama as Mrs. Godavari Mumtaz Begum as Jamna Leela Mishra as Nirmal's Sister
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