Devar

Devar

Drama, Crime, Romance | March 4, 1966

Wealthy Shankar and well-educated Suresh are cousins and the best of friends. A marriage is arranged for each of them (Shankar's with Madhumati, Suresh' with Shanta), but Shankar's father is against the couples meeting in person and instead each cousin meets with the other's intended. During the meeting Suresh falls in love with Madhumati and scheme switch brides. But his innocent scheme has unforeseen circumstances as Shankar's marriage quickly turns sour because Shanta despises him for being uneducated and blames him for tricking her into marriage.

Devar

Drama, Crime, Romance | March 4, 1966

Devar
Wealthy Shankar and well-educated Suresh are cousins and the best of friends. A marriage is arranged for each of them (Shankar's with Madhumati, Suresh' with Shanta), but Shankar's father is against the couples meeting in person and instead each cousin meets with the other's intended. During the meeting Suresh falls in love with Madhumati and scheme switch brides. But his innocent scheme has unforeseen circumstances as Shankar's marriage quickly turns sour because Shanta despises him for being uneducated and blames him for tricking her into marriage.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers De Luxe Films
Original title Devar
Directors Mohan Segal
Writers

Cast

Dharmendra

as Shankar J. Rai / Bhola

Sharmila Tagore

as Madhumati / Banwariya

Shashikala

as Shanta M. Singh / Shanta S. Rai

Deven Verma

as Suresh

Dhumal

as Ram Bharose / R.B. Bosay

Durga Khote

as Gopinath's Mom

Sulochana Latkar

as Shakuntala M. Singh

Mumtaz Begum

as Mrs. Rai