Sunghursh
Sign in to saveSunghursh ("Struggle") is a 1968 Indian Hindi film directed and produced by Harnam Singh Rawail. It is based on Layli Asmaner Ayna ("Layli Does Not Go To Heaven"), a short story in Bengali language by Jnanpith Award-winning writer Mahasweta Devi, which presents a fictionalised account of a vendetta within a thuggee cult in the holy Indian town of Varanasi. It stars Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Balraj Sahni, Sanjeev Kumar, Jayant, Deven Verma, Durga Khote and Iftekhar. The film was the last one to see Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala working together.
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8.0Bhavani Prasad is a powerful thug, who masquerades as a priest. His son Shankar refused to follow his path so he wants his grandson Kundan to carry on the legacy. When his son protests, in a fit of rage, Bhavani gets Shankar killed and passes the buck to his cousin Naubat Lal. When Naubat Lal spills the beans he gets him killed as well, which deepens the family feud.
Released: 1968-07-27158 minDir: Harnam Singh RawailDrama, Action, Crime
Cast
- Dilip Kumar as Kundan S. Prasad / Bajrangi
- Vyjayanthimala as Munni / Laila-E-Aasmaan
- Balraj Sahni as Ganeshi N. Prasad
- Sanjeev Kumar as Dwarka N. Prasad
- Iftekhar as Shankar B. Prasad
- Deven Verma as Nisar
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1968
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- H. S. Rawail
- Cast member
- Sanjeev Kumar
- Composer
- Naushad
- Narrative location
- Uttar Pradesh
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Sunghursh ("Struggle") is a 1968 Indian Hindi film directed and produced by Harnam Singh Rawail. It is based on Layli Asmaner Ayna ("Layli Does Not Go To Heaven"), a short story in Bengali language by Jnanpith Award-winning writer Mahasweta Devi, which presents a fictionalised account of a vendetta within a thuggee cult in the holy Indian town of Varanasi. It stars Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Balraj Sahni, Sanjeev Kumar, Jayant, Deven Verma, Durga Khote and Iftekhar. The film was the last one to see Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala working together.
The music is by Naushad and lyrics for the songs are by Shakeel Badayuni. Naushad and Badayuni had worked together on many films previously and were "the most sought after" composer-lyricist duo of the time in Bollywood. Sunghursh was popularly mistaken to be a debut film of Sanjeev Kumar.