Kasauti
Poster
Directed by	Aravind Sen
Written by	Satish Bhatnagar Suhrid Kar
Produced by	Aravind Sen
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Pran
Cinematography	Aloke Das Gupta
Edited by	D.N. Pai
Music by	Kalyanji-Anandji
Release date	9 August 1974 (1974-08-09)
Running time	2 hours 11 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kasauti (lit. 'Criterion') is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed and produced by Aravind Sen. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Pran in lead roles.^[1]

Synopsis

Sapna (Hema Malini), a slum dweller of Bombay seeks refuge from a drunken outburst of her foster father (Satyendra Kappu). Heera (Ramesh Deo), a playboy smuggler, has an eye on Sapna and wants to have her for his pleasure. Amit (Amitabh Bachchan), an educated taxi driver saves Sapna from the clutches of Heera but soon she is accused of attempting robbery and sent to prison. In a fit of anger, Sapna's mother (Sulochana Latkar) kills Sapna's foster father.

Amit promises to marry Sapna on her acquittal but on the eve of their marriage Amit's father (Murad) refuses to accept Sapna. Not wanting to break up Amit's family Sapna decides to walk out of his life and leaves the city.

Amit and his friend Pyarelal (Pran) search for Sapna but do not succeed. In Calcutta, Sapna becomes an instant hit on the stage through Ashok Babu (Vijay Sharma). One day, Ashok proposes to her and Sapna again leaves. Eventually, she is reunited with Amit.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Amitabh Sharma "Amit"
• Hema Malini as Sapna
• Pran as Pyarelal
• Sonia Sahni as Neeta
• Bharat Bhushan as Neeta's Husband
• Mac Mohan as Rajesh
• Ramesh Deo as Heera
• Abhi Bhattacharya as Shankar
• D. K. Sapru as Hariram
• Murad as Amit's Father
• Sulochana Latkar as Sapna's Mother
• Satyen Kappu as Sapna's Foster Father
• Bipin Gupta as Inspector
• Ram Sethi as Balu
• Mohan Choti as Panchu

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, lyrics by Indeevar, Verma Malik & Anand Bakshi.

References

External links

• Kasauti at IMDb