| Grahasti | |
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| Directed by | Kishore Sahu |
| Written by | S. S. Vasan S. S. Balan Pandit Mukhram Sharma (dialogue) |
| Based on | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker by Henry Levin |
| Produced by | S. S. Vasan |
| Starring | Ashok Kumar Manoj Kumar Rajshree Nirupa Roy Mehmood |
| Cinematography | P. Ellappa |
| Music by | Ravi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rajshri Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Grahasti (transl. Family Life) also called Grihasti, is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by Kishore Sahu. Produced by S. S. Vasan for Gemini Studios, its music director was Ravi and the lyrics were written by Shakeel Badayuni.[1] Pandit Mukhram Sharma wrote the dialogues with cinematography by P. Ellappa. The film starred Ashok Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Indrani Mukherjee, Bipin Gupta, Lalita Pawar and Gajanan Jagirdar.[2]
Grahasti was the first film to "start the trend" of family dramas being made in South India.[3] The story revolves around Harish Khanna (Ashok Kumar), a respected industrialist with a large brood of children, is discovered to be leading a dual life, having two sets of families in different cities at the occasion of his daughter’s engagement. The effect the scandal and the secret has on him and his family forms the basis of the story. It is inspired and an adaptation of a Hollywood film ‘’The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker’’ which in turn had been a successful broadway play based on a true incident of a bigamous trucker reported in The Reader’s Digest.
- ^ Hanif Zaveri (2005). Mehmood, a Man of Many Moods. Popular Prakashan. p. 178. ISBN 978-81-7991-213-3.
- ^ "Grahasti (1963)". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ Bhawana Somaaya (2003). The Story So Far. Indian Express Group. p. 73.