Shama (1981)

Widower Nawab Yusuf Khan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Sultanpur, British India, along with his school-going son, Shahnawaz, and a college-going brother, Aslam, When he finds out that Aslam ... See full summary »

Director:

Naeem Basit

Writers:

Jarasandha (story), Kader Khan

Stars:

Girish Karnad, Shabana Azmi, Aruna Irani

Cast

Credited cast:
Girish Karnad	...	Nawab Yusuf Khan
Shabana Azmi	...	Shama Y. Khan
Aruna Irani	...	Pheroza Aslam Khan
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Advocate Prakash Ghosh
Kader Khan	...	Dinoo 'Munshi'
Raju Shrestha	...	Shahnawaz 'Shannu' Y. Khan (as Master Raju)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sudha Chopra	...	Nadira
Leena Das	...	Dancer / Singer at Shama's wedding
Jagdeep	...	John
Goga Kapoor	...	Jailor
Satyendra Kapoor	...	Maulvi Karrimudin
Amjad Khan	...	Dargah devotee
Shreeram Lagoo	...	Governor
Vinod Mehra	...	Dargah devotee
Surendra Pal

Storyline

Widower Nawab Yusuf Khan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Sultanpur, British India, along with his school-going son, Shahnawaz, and a college-going brother, Aslam, When he finds out that Aslam has fallen into wrong company and is frequenting a courtesan by the name of Pheroza, he gets him to return home and arranges his marriage with Shama, who is the only daughter of Maulvi Karrimudin. On the day of the marriage, Aslam runs away, elopes and gets married to Pheroza. A devastated Karrimudin passes away, leaving his wife and Shama destitute and dependent on Mehrunisa. Aslam returns home along with Pheroza, her mom, Nadira, maternal uncle, Dilawar, and a servant, Lathan. When Shahnawaz starts to take interest in the courtesan's way of life, a disturbed Yusuf gets him enrolled in a far-off hostel, leaves the house, and wanders aimlessly until he meets with his aunt, Mehrunisa, who talks him into getting married to Shama, which he does and brings her home. On Shama's insistence, he brings ...

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

13 November 1981 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

K.R. Films Combines

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only film produced by Kader Khan and the film was also written by him. After Shama Kader Khan was to make Jahiil with Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Prada but the film was shelved Kader Khan was to write, produce and make his debut as director with Jahiil. Another Amitabh Bachchan film was shelved at that time was Amjad Khan's Lambha Chawdayi.

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Soundtracks

Chand apna safar khatam karta raha, shama jalti rahi, raat dalti rahi
Sung by Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics by Zafar Gorakhpuri, Asad Bhopali, Vithalbhai Patel
Music by Usha Khanna

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