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{{Infobox film
| name = Bari Behen बड़ी बहन
| image = baribehenmovie.jpg
| caption = Theatrical Poster
| director = [[D.D. Kashyap|D. D. Kashyap]]
| producer = D. D. Kashyap
| writer = [[Rajendra Krishan]] [[Qamar Jalalabadi]] [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]]
| screenplay = D. D. Kashyap
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Suraiya]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] Ullhas [[Geeta Bali]] [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Husnlal Bhagatram]] '''Lyrics by''' [[Rajendra Krishan]] [[Qamar Jalalabadi]]
| cinematography = Surendra Pai
| editing = Anant Apte
| studio =
 Famous Pictures
| distributor = Famous Pictures Ltd.
| released = 8 April 1949
| runtime = 118 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
}}
'''''Bari Behen''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1949|1949]] [[Hindi]] [[drama film]] directed, written and produced by [[D.D. Kashyap|D. D. Kashyap]], starring [[Suraiya]], [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]], Ullhas and [[Pran (actor)|Pran]].<ref name=TOI>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/nfai-adds-bari-behen-to-its-collection/articleshow/57167690.cms NFAI adds Suraiya's 1949 film Bari Behen to collection] Times of India (newspaper), Published 26 February 2017, Retrieved 23 May 2020</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Bari Behen (1949)| publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]]| url =https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0231215/}}</ref> The film was remade in Sinhalese as ''[[Sujatha (1953 film)|Sujatha]]'' (1953).<ref name=upperstall>{{cite web|url=https://upperstall.com/film/bari-behen/ |website=Upperstall.com website |author=Karan Bali |title=Bari Behen film review|accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref>

==Plot==
Shyama (Suraiya) gets a job as a servant so she can pay for her younger sister, Kiran's (Geeta Bali) education in the city. Kiran, though, is in love with a rogue, Ajit (Pran). Ajit makes Kiran splurge all the money Shyama sends her on them. Meanwhile, Shyama meets and falls in love with Shyam (Rehman), the son of the family she works for and who is a doctor who wants to treat the poor. With both of being ill-treated by the woman of the house, who is Shyam's step-mother, they decide to elope. However, Kiran comes to her, abandoned and pregnant. Shyama goes along with her without informing Shyam in order to find Ajit. They find Ajit, but he escapes from them. The two sisters then relocate to another town. Kiran has the child, Shyama works in another house, where in order to get Kiran settled with the young man of the house and to prove her to be without blemish, she takes it upon herself to claim to be the mother of the child. This causes further complications with Shyam, who has managed to trace her out and now believes that she has been unfaithful to him. Wallowing in grief, he falls ill. Finally, with the help of a kindly army colonel, also Ajit's uncle (Ulhas), all's well that ends well, with a repentant Ajit marrying Kiran and Shyama reunited with Shyam.

==Cast==
* [[Suraiya]] as Shyama<ref name=TOI/><ref name=upperstall/>
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Shyam<ref name=TOI/>
* Ullhas as Colonel
* [[Geeta Bali]] as Kiran<ref name=TOI/><ref name=upperstall/>
* Gulab
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Jeetu /Ajit<ref name=TOI/>
* Roop Kamal
* Niranjan Sharma as Amar Nath
* Baij Sharma
* Shanti Madhok
* [[Ram Avtar]] as Seth Amrit Lal
* Amar Kumar
* Gyani Sarang
* Mrs. Paul
* Papoo
* [[Tabassum|Baby Tabassum]] as Munni

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Bari Behen
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Husnlal Bhagatram]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{film date|df=y|1949|12|1}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[EMI]], [[Saregama]]
}}
Music composed by [[Husnlal Bhagatram]] and lyrics by [[Rajendra Krishan]] & [[Qamar Jalalabadi]].<ref name=TOI/><ref name=upperstall/>

{|
|+ Original Motion Picture
|-
! Track
! Song
! Singer(s)
! Lyric
|-
| 1
| "Ho Likhnewale Ne Likh Di"<ref name=upperstall/>
| [[Suraiya]]
| [[Rajendra Krishan|Rajinder Krishna]]
|-
| 2
| "Bigdi Bananewale:<ref name=upperstall/>
| Suraiya
| [[Qamar Jalalabadi]]
|-
| 3
| "Chup Chup Khade Ho"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]] & Premlata—compare both voices
| Rajinder Krishna
|-
| 4
| "Woh Paas Rahe Ya Door Rahe"<ref name=upperstall/>
| Suraiya
| Qamar Jalalabadi
|-
| 5
| "Mohabbat Ke Dhoke Mein"
| [[Mohd. Rafi]]
| Rajinder Krishna
|-
| 6
| "Jo Dil Mein Khushi Ban Kar Aai"
| Lata Mangeshkar on the 78rpm record, but Premlata on movie track
| Rajinder Krishna
|-
| 7
| "Chale Jana Nahin"
| Lata Mangeshkar on 78rpm record but Premlata on movie track
| Rajinder Krishna
|-
| 8
| "Tum Mujh Ko Bhool Jao"
| Suraiya
| Qamar Jalalabadi
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt0231215}}

[[Category:1949 films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:1949 drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Husnlal Bhagatram]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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