Lajwanti
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Lajwanti is a 1958
Indian
drama film
directed by Narendra Suri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or
for Best Film.
1958 in film
The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....
Indian
Cinema of India
The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Narendra Suri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
1959 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Marcel Achard *Antoni Bohdziewicz *Michael Cacoyannis *Carlos Cuenca *Pierre Daninos *Julien Duvivier *Max Favalelli *Gene Kelly *Carlo Ponti *Micheline Presle...
, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
for Best Film.
Cast
- NargisNargisNargis Dutt , born Fatima Rashid but known by her screen name, Nargis, was an Indian film actress. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema. She made her screen debut as a child in Talash-E-Haq in 1935, but her acting carer began in 1942 with Tamanna...
- Mrs. Kavita Kumar - Balraj SahniBalraj SahniBalraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...
- Nirmal Kumar - Kumari Naaz - Renu (as Baby Naaz)
- Prabhu Dayal
- Radhakrishan - Pyare Mohan (as Radha Kishen)
- Manorama - Mrs. Godabri Mohan
- Kusum Thakur
- Mumtaz BegumMumtaz BegumMumtaz Begum is a former mayor of Bangalore, India. She was Bangalore's*first Muslim mayor,*fourth woman mayor,*43rd mayor and was elected on 30 November 2005....
- Jamuna (as Mumtaz) - Leela MishraLeela MishraLeela Mishra was an Indian film actor, who worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, eventually playing stock characters like aunts, Chachi or Mausi...
- Nirmal's Sister (as Leela Misra) - Nazir Kashmiri
- Amrit Kumar
- Krishna Duggal
- Daya Devi (as Dayadevi)
- Ramlal
- Kamal Dukhia (as Kamal Dukhiya)