Geet Gaata Chal
1975 film by Hiren Nag
Geet Gaata Chal (lit. 'Go on singing') is a 1975 Indian Hindi film directed by Hiren Nag and produced by Tarachand Barjatya. The film stars Sachin, Sarika, Madan Puri, Padma Khanna and Leela Mishra. The film's music was composed by Ravindra Jain. The film is loosely based on the short story Atithi by Rabindranath Tagore.
Cast
Sachin Pilgaonkar as Shyam
Sarika as Radha
Khyati as Meera
Urmila Bhatt as Ganga
Madan Puri as Colonel Sohan Singh
Padma Khanna as Champa
Manher Desai as Durga babu
Leela Mishra as Buaji
Dhumal as Champa's dance troupe owner
Sunder as Jaram
Agha as Dharampal Singh
V. Gopal as Merry Go Round of Life
Jr. Mehmood as Bankhe
R. Tiwari as Jairam
Minno Mumtaz
Ramayan Tiwari
Sarika Sachin
Ravindra Jain
Plot
Durga Babu, and his wife, Ganga, comes across Shyam, an orphan, who sings and dances on special occasions, and decide to take him home. Shyam meets with their daughter, Radha, and she slowly falls in love with him, but he thinks that she just wants to be friends. In his eyes, Shyam wants to be a free person, not tied down to anyone or anything, and would like to spend the rest of his life wandering, singing, and dancing. When he discovers that the family intend to get him married, he likens his plight to that of a caged bird, and flees, breaking Radha's heart. Will Shyam ever return?
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