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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ashok Kumar | ... | Jagatram | |
Dharmendra | ... | Rajesh | |
Hema Malini | ... | Chandni | |
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Sonia Sahni | ... | Rekha |
Jagdeep | ... | Bhola | |
Abhi Bhattacharya | ... | Gopinath | |
Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi | ... | Pratapchand (as Kanhaiyalal) | |
D.K. Sapru | ... | Jamnaprasad (as Sapru) | |
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Shabnam | ... | Rani |
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Niranjan Sharma | ||
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Purnima | ... | Chandni's mother |
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Zebunissa | ... | (as Zaibunnisa) |
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Paro Devi | ... | Kesarbai |
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Jankidas | ... | Jeweller |
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Brahm Bhardwaj | ... | Principal (as Brahm Bharadwaj) |
With the passing away of Rajesh's parents, Jagatram undertakes to look after him. He hopes that some day Rajesh will marry his daughter Rekha. He arranges Rajesh's employment with a local hostel, which Rajesh accepts. After being employed, Rajesh finds that his male students are distracted and unable to concentrate on their studies. He decides to investigate further, and finds out that they visit a prostitute named Chandni regularly. He puts a stop to this. And then Jagatram finds out that Rajesh has been frequenting Chandni's place almost every night, under the unbelievable pretext of teaching her to read and write. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
If you need a reason to watch this film, here's one: if you're a fan of Hema Malini and her graceful dancing in any movie, you'll love the songs of Sharafat, which exploit her talent excellently.
The plot is not anything special. A lot of Hindi films from this era follow the same plot conventions, like losing familial connections. This, in the end, is also what Sharafat is also about.
Otherwise it's a story about a good man (Dharmendra) and an "indecent" girl (Hema Malini), and their love. Hema's character is a naach girl (dancer/prostitute), which serves as a good reason for her to dance in Bharatanatyam-influenced numbers. These are naturally a joy to watch. Dharmendra both looks and acts youthful and is very charming. This is one of the first, if not the first film with the legendary jodi of Hema-Dharmendra and the chemistry is visible from the get-go.
Ashok Kumar has a nice performance, but Jagdeep's somewhat separate comedy track gets old very fast, though it may be funnier to those understand Hindi.