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1965 · 183 min Romance Drama
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

A tourist guide meets an unhappy married woman who wants to take up dancing. With his motivation, she becomes a successful dancer but success corrupts the man's mind.

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Year 1965
Country India
Genre Romance, Drama
Director Vijay Anand
Runtime 183 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (36 votes)

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The film constructs a delicate study of ambition and corruption within a changing post-colonial India. It explores how genuine mentorship can curdle into possessive control, using the world of classical dance as a metaphor for both artistic freedom and personal entrapment.

What lingers after viewing is a profound ambivalence about success—the exhilarating rise of an artist contrasted with the moral decay of her guide. The final feeling is one of beauty shadowed by melancholy. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Vijay Anand

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