Zindagi (1976 film)

Zindagi is a 1976 Hindi movie produced by Romu Sippy and directed by Ravi Tandon. The film stars Mala Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deven Verma, A. K. Hangal, Padmini Kolhapure, Keshto Mukherjee and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan. The movie is based on the 1937 Leo McCarey movie Make Way for Tomorrow which was also later adapted in 2003 in Hindi as Baghban.

Plot
Raghu Shukla (Sanjeev Kumar) lives with his wife Sarojini (Mala Sinha), sons Naresh (Anil Dhawan) and Ramesh (Rakesh Pandey), an unmarried daughter Seema (Moushumi Chatterjee) and a nephew Prabhu (Deven Varma). Naresh is married to Sudha (Aruna Irani) and Ramesh to Shobha (Alka). Seema stays in a hostel for her education. When the family learns about Raghu's retirement, they are excited about getting his retirement benefits. When Raghu informs them that he has cleared his debts with this amount and plans to depend on his sons, everyone is disappointed. Naresh informs his plans to shift to Bombay and he can accommodate his mother while Ramesh informs that he can accommodate father. Thus the parents are bound to live separately with the sons. In Bombay, Sarojini's life is confined within the house and is ill-treated. On the other hand, Raghu is dependent on his son's family. After visiting her parents, Seema decides to take an extreme step for their solace and to the surprise of her boyfriend Ajay (Vinod Mehra) and the Shukla family. The rest of the film shows the changes that occur in the Shukla family on account of Seema's extreme step.

Cast

 * Sanjeev Kumar as Raghu Shukla
 * Mala Sinha as Sarojini
 * Moushumi as Seema R. Shukla
 * Vinod Mehra as Ajay, Seema's friend
 * Anil Dhawan as Naresh R. Shukla
 * Aruna Irani as Sudha N. Shukla
 * Padmini Kolapuri as Guddu N. Shukla
 * Rakesh Pandey as Ramesh R. Shukla
 * Alka as Shobha R. Shukla
 * Deven Verma as Prabhu
 * A. K. Hangal as Doctor
 * Leela Mishra as Doctor's wife
 * Man Mohan as Manjit Verma
 * Yunus Parvez as Anthony
 * Brahm Bhardwaj as Sampatlal
 * Vikas Anand as Man bribing Naresh
 * Iftikhar as Verma
 * Kesto Mukherjee as Principal 'Kalu'
 * Vijay Dutt as Friendly appearance

Crew

 * Director - Ravi Tandon
 * Screenplay - Sachin Bhowmick
 * Dialogue - Sagar Sarhadi
 * Producer - Romu N. Sippy, V.K. Sood
 * Production Company - Vikram Movies International
 * Editor - Waman B. Bhosle, Gurudutt Shirali
 * Cinematographer - Anwar Siraj
 * Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
 * Costume and Wardrobe - M. R. Bhutkar, Mohan Pardesi
 * Choreographer - P. L. Raj
 * Music Director - Rajesh Roshan
 * Playback Singers - Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

Awards and nominations

 * 1978 Filmfare Awards - Nominated
 * Best Actor - Sanjeev Kumar