Movie basic details
Current status - Released
Total runtime - 121 mins.
Release date - 09-06-1954
Release year - 1954
Genres -
Overall ratings and scores for Chandni Chowk:
Happiness Score - 0/10, World Popularity Score - 0.961/100, IMDB Score - 5.3, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 5.3/10, .
Chandni Chowk movie has Total Global Votes - 0, Total IMD Votes - 15
Chandni Chowk Movie Introduction: Movie Chandni Chowk, release year 1954 is written by D.P. Berry, I.S. Johar, Kamil Rashid and directed by B.R. Chopra. The leading star-cast in this movie are Meena Kumari, Shekhar, Jeevan Dhar along with the other stars and crew members.
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Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank
Movie in-short: Nawab Safdarjung( Kumar ) lives in Delhi with his family and is a very fun loving person. She has a daughter Zarina ( Meena Kumari ) who is of marriageable age. While there are other candidates to hold her hand, the Nawab decides ...
Movie story-line: Chandni Chowk is a 1954 classic Muslim social drama film directed by B. R. Chopra.Produced by Prince Hira Sinh of Baria and Goverdhandas Aggarwal under the banner of Hira Films.The film starred Meena Kumari,Shekhar, Kumar, Jeevan, Smriti Biswas and Achala Sachdev.The story involves a Nawab belonging to the Chandni Chowk area of Delhi in the early 1920s, who gets "tricked into marrying his daughter to the gardener's son.
Movie synopsis: Nawab Safdarjung( Kumar ) lives in Delhi with his family and is a very fun loving person. She has a daughter Zarina ( Meena Kumari ) who is of marriageable age. While there are other candidates to hold her hand, the Nawab decides on Akbar ( Shekhar ) a young son of a noble nawab family from Lucknow. Everything goes well until few minutes before the marriage ceremony, Ibrahim ( played by Jeevan ) divulges to the Nawab that Akbar is only a son of a mali ( gardener ) and has no respectable family trace in his blood. The Nawab becomes furious and dissolves the marriage ceremony but Zarina decides to go the in-laws house and accepts Akbar as her husband. Akbar in the meantime disappears from his home and ends up in Cairo ( Egypt) and takes a job as a Manager of a factory. Zarina and her mother still waiting for words from Akbar when some money is sent to them by Akbar. In Cairo a dancer falls in love with Akbar and writes a letter to Zarina and her mother that Akbar is dead. Watch how this triangular love story ends with Akbar eventually comes back to his homeland and rejoins with his wife Zarina.
Highlights - Chandni Chowk (1954)
Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
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Awards won / Nominations - N/A
Certificate(s) - IN : U
Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Chandni Chowk (1954)
Lead Actors - Meena Kumari, Shekhar, Jeevan Dhar
Writer(s) - D.P. Berry, I.S. Johar, Kamil Rashid
Director(s) - B.R. Chopra
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Lead actors of the film Chandni Chowk (1954) are Meena Kumari, Shekhar, Jeevan Dhar.
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The writer(s) of the film Chandni Chowk (1954) is/are D.P. Berry, I.S. Johar, Kamil Rashid.
Who is the director of the film Chandni Chowk (1954)?
The director(s) of the film Chandni Chowk (1954) is/are B.R. Chopra.
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Short plot of movie Chandni Chowk (1954): Nawab Safdarjung( Kumar ) lives in Delhi with his family and is a very fun loving person. She has a daughter Zarina ( Meena Kumari ) who is of marriageable age. While there are other candidates to hold her hand, the Nawab decides ....
What is the full story of Chandni Chowk (1954) movie?
Full plot of movie Chandni Chowk (1954): Nawab Safdarjung( Kumar ) lives in Delhi with his family and is a very fun loving person. She has a daughter Zarina ( Meena Kumari ) who is of marriageable age. While there are other candidates to hold her hand, the Nawab decides on Akbar ( Shekhar ) a young son of a noble nawab family from Lucknow. Everything goes well until few minutes before the marriage ceremony, Ibrahim ( played by Jeevan ) divulges to the Nawab that Akbar is only a son of a mali ( gardener ) and has no respectable family trace in his blood. The Nawab becomes furious and dissolves the marriage ceremony but Zarina decides to go the in-laws house and accepts Akbar as her husband. Akbar in the meantime disappears from his home and ends up in Cairo ( Egypt) and takes a job as a Manager of a factory. Zarina and her mother still waiting for words from Akbar when some money is sent to them by Akbar. In Cairo a dancer falls in love with Akbar and writes a letter to Zarina and her mother that Akbar is dead. Watch how this triangular love story ends with Akbar eventually comes back to his homeland and rejoins with his wife Zarina..
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List of full Starcast and crew members of Chandni Chowk (1954)
Full Starcast:
Name: Meena Kumari
Character: Zarina
Name: Shekhar
Character: Akbar
Name: Jeevan
Character: Ibrahim
Crew Members:
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