Anpadh is a 1962 Hindi film. The film stars Mala Sinha

Mala Sinha

Mala Sinha is an Indian actress, who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Recognised for her acting talent and beauty, she went on to become a popular leading actress in Hindi films from the early fifties till late seventies...

, Balraj Sahni

Balraj Sahni

Balraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...

, Shashi Kala and Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...

. The music is by Madan Mohan

Madan Mohan

Madan Mohan Kohli , better known as Madan Mohan, was a famed Bollywood film music director of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s...

 and the lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karimabad in undivided India. His early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S...

. The film focuses on the importance of education for girls. This movie also has hit songs like the evergreen song Aap ki nazron nay samjha sung by Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...

Plot

Chaudhary Shambhunath considers the accumulation of wealth to be more important than education. He condones his sister's inattention at school and consequently she grows up anpadh (illiterate). When she finds herself married to a bibliophile her problems really begin. Unable to read the poetry her husband loves and being a rotten cook too, she becomes despised by her husband and her in-laws. Circumstances conspire to leave her homeless, husbandless and pregnant. Narrowly escaping from the attentions of a panderer she falls amongst friends and, with the birth of her daughter, she starts on the long road to redemption. An entertaining plea for education in general and for the education of girls in particular.

Cast

• Mala Sinha ... Lajwanti
• Balraj Sahni ... Choudhary Shambhunath
• Dharmendra ... Deepak M. Nath
• Shaminder ... Advocate Suraj
• Nasir Hussain ... Thakur Mahendra Nath
• Dhumal ... Kalu
• Bindu ... Kiran
• Shashikala ... Basanti
• Amarnath ... Kishore
• Mohan Choti ... Young Kalu
• Ram Mohan ... Jeevan
• S.K. Prem
• Mumtaz Begum ... Mrs. Mahendranath
• Kusum Thakur
• Sayyed
• Kharaiti
• Ratan Gaurang
• Aruna Irani ... Young Lajoo (as Baby Aruna)
• Baby Shashi ... Young Basanti
• Rajendra Dubey
• Paul Mahendra
• Brahm Bhardwaj ... Public Prosecutor
• Jani
• Jeevan Kala
• Bela Bose
• Nilofar
• Harbans
• Tulsi
• Surendra Shailaj
• Kishore
• Chaman
• Ram Avtar
• Madhu Apte
• Kishen
• Suresh Bedi
• Roshanlal
• Beshir
• Tarsem
• Masood
• Chand
• Baijnath
• Kamal Dukhia
• Munshiji
• Ajit Bengali
• Chanda
• Rampal
• Moolchand ... Dayaram