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{{Infobox film
| name = Majhli Didi
| image = Majhli Didi (1967).jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = Kochi Sorkar, Gopal Mukherjee
| based_on = '''Novel''': ''Mejh Didi''<br />[[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]
| screenplay = [[Nabendu Ghosh]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Meena Kumari]]<br />[[Dharmendra]]
| music = [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]<br />Lyrics: [[Gopaldas Neeraj]]
| cinematography = Jaywant Pathare
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = 1967
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Majhli Didi ''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1967|1967]] [[Bollywood]] film directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], based on the [[Bengali language]] story, ''Mejdidi'' (Middle Sister) by [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]], which was earlier filmed in Bengali in 1950 as ''[[Mej Didi (1950 film)|Mejdidi]]''. ''Majhli Didi'' stars [[Meena Kumari]] and [[Dharmendra]].<ref>[http://www.upperstall.com/films/1967/majhli-didi Majhli Didi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909084711/http://www.upperstall.com/films/1967/majhli-didi |date=9 September 2011 }} at Upperstall.com</ref>

Though the film didn't perform well at the Indian box office,<ref name="Sorrowqueen">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/mar/30dinesh.htm|title=Meena Kumar: The Queen of Sorrow|work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> it remains one of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's highly rated films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering The Master|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-11/edit-page/28175092_1_shyam-benegal-bimal-roy-parakh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926001443/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-11/edit-page/28175092_1_shyam-benegal-bimal-roy-parakh |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2012 |date=11 July 2009 }}</ref> At the [[16th Filmfare Awards]], it won [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] Awards for [[Nabendu Ghosh]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Screenplay Award |url=http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_screenplay.htm |publisher=Filmfare Award Official Listings, [[Indiatimes]] |accessdate=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080308/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_screenplay.htm |archivedate=29 April 2014 }}</ref> and [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction, B&W]] for Ajit Banerjee.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1969/ Filmfare Award: Awards for 1969] [[IMDb]]</ref> It was India's entry to the [[List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film|41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref>

==Plot==
Bipinchandra ([[Dharmendra]]) breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini ([[Meena Kumari]]), much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini ([[Lalita Pawar]]), and her husband, Navinchandra ([[Bipin Gupta]]). Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini testifies against Navinchandra in Court, leading to the division of the property. Things get worse by the arrival of Kadambini's orphaned school-going step-brother, Kishan ([[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]]), who is beaten and abused not only by Kadambini and Navinchandra, but also by their overweight son. When Hemangini objects to Kishan's ill-treatment, Bipin takes the side of the rest of the family, and may probably force her to abandon Kishan to his fate or divorce her.

==Cast==
* [[Meena Kumari]] as Hemangini 'Hema'
* [[Dharmendra]] as Bipinchandra 'Bipin'
* [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]] as Kishan
* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Kadambini
* [[Bipin Gupta]] as Navinchandra 'Navin'
* [[Leela Chitnis]] as Kishan's Mother
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Kishan's neighbor
* [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Babunath, prosecuting lawyer
* [[Marutirao Parab|Maruti]]
* [[Keshto Mukherjee]] as Bhola, Navin's employee
* [[Sarika]] as Uma, Hemangini's daughter
* [[Jalal Agha]] as Kamal

==Music==
#"Ma Hi Ganga Ma Hi Jamuna Ma Hi Teerth Dhaam" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
#"Ma Hi Ganga Ma Hi Jamuna Ma Hi Teerth Dhaam v2" - Lata Mangeshkar, [[Kamal Barot]]
#"Ma Hi Ganga Ma Hi Jamuna Ma Hi Teerth Dhaam v3" - Lata Mangeshkar
#"Main Laal Laal Guchkoon" - Lata Mangeshkar, Kamal Barot and Neelima Chatterjee
#"Nadiyon Ki Bhari Bhari God Jahaan" - [[Hemant Kumar]]
#"Umariya Bin Khewat Ki Naiya" - Hemant Kumar

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0139447}}
* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/2882/index.html ''Majhli Didi''] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/majhli_didi/ ''Majhli Didi''] at [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
* [https://www.pocketfm.in/show/39ba62dc91b5a940b5435029c73f4fd47f267dcf Majhhli Didi by Sharath Chandra Bhathopadya from Pocket fM]

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}
{{Indian submission for Academy Awards}}

[[Category:1967 films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hemant Mukherjee]]

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