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Also known as Sharmilee

Sharmeelee (trans. Shy) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language romantic film produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Samir Ganguly. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Narendra Nath, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar, S N Banerjee, Anita Guha, Asit Sen. Raakhee played a double role in this film, and its success helped make her one of the decade's top leading ladies in Hindi films. The film also marked the debut of Ranjeet. The film starts on a romantic track, but after halfway takes a brilliant turn towards mystery and thriller genre.

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5.7

An army captain falls for an outgoing young woman, but unknowingly weds her shy twin sister.

Released: 1971-01-01164 minDir: Samir GangulyDrama, Romance

Cast

  • Rakhee Gulzar as Kanchan/Kamini
  • Shashi Kapoor as Captain Ajit Kapoor
  • Iftekhar as Colonel
  • Nazir Hussain as Father Joseph
  • Narendra Nath as Tiger
  • Ranjeet Bedi as Kundan

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

203 votes

Year
1971
Runtime
164 min
Genres
Musical, Mystery, Romance

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  • Soundtrack
  • Box office
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Sharmeelee (trans. Shy) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language romantic film produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Samir Ganguly. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Narendra Nath, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar, S N Banerjee, Anita Guha, Asit Sen. Raakhee played a double role in this film, and its success helped make her one of the decade's top leading ladies in Hindi films. The film also marked the debut of Ranjeet. The film starts on a romantic track, but after halfway takes a brilliant turn towards mystery and thriller genre.

==Plot== While returning from the Army Base, Captain Ajit Kapoor stops over at a rest-house, where there is a party on, and he meets a charming, vivacious young lady. When he reaches home, his guardian, Father Joseph, wants him to get married. When Joseph accompanies Ajit to see the girl, whose name is Kanchan, Ajit is thrilled to find out that it is the very same girl he met at the rest-house. Ajit indicates his approval, and the stage is set for them to get married. It is then that Ajit finds out that Kanchan is not the girl he had met, but her twin-sister. Kanchan is heart-broken at this, but wants her sister to be happy. Ajit is even more happy when he finally meets Kamini, who also recognizes him. She tries to put a spanner in the works by emotionally attacking Ajit.

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