Grahasti (1963)
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Grahasti (transl. Family Life), also spelled Grihasti, is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by Kishore Sahu. Produced by S. S. Vasan for Gemini Studios, its music director was Ravi and the lyrics were written by Shakeel Badayuni. Pandit Mukhram Sharma wrote the dialogues with cinematography by P. Ellappa. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Manoj Kumar, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Indrani Mukherjee, Bipin Gupta, Lalita Pawar and Gajanan Jagirdar. Grahasti was the first film to "start the trend" of family dramas being made in South India. The story revolves around Harish Khanna (Ashok Kumar), a respected industrialist with a large brood, who is discovered to have two sets of families in different cities at the occasion of his daughter’s engagement. The effect the scandal and the secret has on him and his family forms the basis of the story. It is inspired and an adaptation of the Hollywood film ‘’The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker’’ which in turn had been a successful broadway play based on a true incident of a bigamous trucker reported in The Reader’s Digest.
Grahasti details
| Industry | Bollywood (Hindi) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1963 |
| Genres | Drama, Family, Music |
| Runtime | — |
| Rating | Not rated |
| Director | Kishore Sahu |
| Status | Released |
| Language | hi |
| Record verified | 2026-09-21 |
| Source | Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · images: TMDB |
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What is Grahasti about?
Grahasti (transl. Family Life), also spelled Grihasti, is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by Kishore Sahu. Produced by S. S. Vasan for Gemini Studios, its music director was Ravi and the lyrics were written by Shakeel Badayuni. Pandit Mukhram Sharma wrote the dialogues with cinematography by P. Ellappa. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Manoj Kumar, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Indrani Mukherjee, Bipin Gupta, Lalita Pawar and Gajanan Jagirdar. Grahasti was the first film to "start the trend" of family dramas being made in South India. The story revolves around Harish Khanna (Ashok Kumar), a respected industrialist with a large brood, who is discovered to have two sets of families in different cities at the occasion of his daughter’s engagement. The effect the scandal and the secret has on him and his family forms the basis of the story. It is inspired and an adaptation of the Hollywood film ‘’The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker’’ which in turn had been a successful broadway play based on a true incident of a bigamous trucker reported in The Reader’s Digest.
Who is in the cast of Grahasti?
Grahasti stars Ashok Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Mehmood and is directed by Kishore Sahu. The full credited cast is listed above.
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Who directed Grahasti?
Grahasti was directed by Kishore Sahu.
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