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| name = Balika Badhu<br />
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| director = [[Tarun Mazumdar]]<br />
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| story =Bimal Kar <br />
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| starring = [[Moushumi Chatterjee]]<br />
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| released = June 1, 1967<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali, Hindi <br />
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'''''Balika Badhu''''' is a 1967 Bengali film starring [[Moushumi Chatterjee]] (as balika badhu) & directed by Tarun Majumdar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/balika-badhu-33725|title=Balika Badhu (1967) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos {{!}} Cinestaan|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/apr/26/12793/10-significant-roles-of-moushumi-chatterjee-ndash-birthday-special|title=10 significant roles of Moushumi Chatterjee – Birthday special|last=Pandya|first=Sonal|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref> The film was based on novel of same name by Bimal Kar. The film was remade in Hindi as [[Balika Badhu (1976 film)|same name]] in 1976 also directed by Majumdar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/remakes-of-bengali-films-whats-new-in-this-trend/articleshow/72241437.cms|title = Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend? - Times of India}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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The movie is about child marriage, a custom that still prevails (illegally) among various Indian societies. Set during [[British Raj]] in India, the movie tells the story of a village school boy Amal, who is married to a younger girl named Rajni. Left together for a few days, as a part of the ritual, the two develop friendship and love. Shortly, Rajni must return to her parents’ house, while Amal continues with his studies at home with Masterji, an elderly teacher. His life is enlivened occasionally when Rajni is permitted to visit.<br />
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Though Rajni's next visit is scheduled for [[Durga Puja]], she fails to make it. Instead, she arrives during [[Vijayadashami]], to stay for a couple nights, before going on a proposed, long pilgrimage with her family. However, the British Police arrests Masterji for being a "freedom fighter", harboring and training fugitives, and making explosives. How this incident affects Amal and Rajni forms the rest of the story.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{imdb title|0465904|Balika Badhu}}<br />
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[[Category:1967 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Tarun Majumdar]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Hemant Kumar]]<br />
[[Category:Child marriage in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali films remade in other languages]]<br />
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