Mili is a 1975

Bollywood films of 1975

A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1975:-Highest grossing:The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1975:--Aandhi could not run in theatres due to controversey...

 Bollywood

Bollywood

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 romantic drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Hrishikesh Mukherjee ) was a famous Indian film director known for a number of films, including Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, Anupama, Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, and Namak Haraam.Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades,...

. It starred Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

, Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan is an Indian actress and politician. She is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Bachchan is the wife of Amitabh Bachchan, and is the mother of Shweta Bachchan-Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan...

 and Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar also fondly called Dadamoni was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema...

. Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan is an Indian actress and politician. She is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Bachchan is the wife of Amitabh Bachchan, and is the mother of Shweta Bachchan-Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan...

 received a Filmfare

Filmfare

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 nomination as Best Actress, the only nomination for the film. The film was later remade in Telugu

Telugu language

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 as Jyothi (1976 film)

Jyothi (1976 film)

Jyothi is a 1976 Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It is based on the story of an innocent girl "Jyothi." Jayasudha won the Nandi award as Best Actress for her performance in the title role. She later credited the film's success for making her a famous actress in Telugu films...

 starring Jayasudha

Jayasudha

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 in the title role.

Plot

Mili is a story about a girl who has a dreadful ailment, still she's ever lively and spreads happiness in everyone's life. She becomes an inspiration to her new neighbour (Amitabh Bachchan) who is a drunkard and always depressed. With her cheerful ways she changes Amitabh and he falls in love with her. But he does not know of her ailment. When he comes to know about it, he thinks of going away as he cannot bear to see her die. But as he loves the girl, so he offers to marry her and take her abroad for her treatment. They get married and seen to be in a flight. The last scene is the aeroplane in the sky and her dad waving to the plane.

Cast

• Ashok Kumar
  Ashok Kumar
  Ashok Kumar also fondly called Dadamoni was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema...
  
   ... Mr. Khanna
• Amitabh Bachchan
  Amitabh Bachchan
  Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
  
   ... Shekhar Dayal
• Jaya Bhaduri ... Mili Khanna
• Usha Kiran
  Usha Kiran
  Usha Kiran was a Hindi and Marathi film actress. In a career spanning of over four decades she has acted in over 300 Hindi and Marathi films, notably Daag , Patita , Baadbaan , Chupke Chupke , Mili and Bawarchi...
  
   ... Sharda Khanna
• Shubha Khote ... Neighbour
• Suresh Chatwal ... Ranjeet Khanna
• G. Asrani ... Drunk (Guest Appearance)
• Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit...
  
   ... Runa Singh
• Rajnath
• Naina Apte
• Aarti
  Aarti
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• Shahana
  Shahana
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• Chandra
  Chandra
  In Hinduism, Chandra is a lunar deity and a Graha. Chandra is also identified with the Vedic Lunar deity Soma . The Soma name refers particularly to the juice of sap in the plants and thus makes the Moon the lord of plants and vegetation. He is described as young, beautiful, fair; two-armed and...
  
  
• Arabind
• Nandita Aras