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Seema (English: limit, horizon) is a 1955 Bollywood film starring Balraj Sahni and Nutan, and directed by Amiya Chakravarty. The film earned high critical acclaim to female lead Nutan, who won her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.




Plot


After her parents pass away, teenager Gauri goes to live with her paternal uncle, Kashinath, and his wife. She is ill-treated there, made to do all the housework, and verbally abused by her aunt. She is made to work as a servant for meager wages in another household, and her earnings are taken away by her aunt. One day, Kashinath is summoned to the Police Station where he is told that since Gauri has been convicted of stealing a necklace from her employer, she is placed under his care for 12 months. Kashinath undertakes to look after her, but she manages to escape, and beats up Bankelal, who had originally accused her of stealing the necklace. The Police are summoned again, and this time Gauri is placed with Shree Satyanand Anathalaya, an orphanage run by a compassionate Manager, Ashok. Gauri revolts against all the rules imposed upon her and she is placed in solitary, where she ends up breaking all the windows and furniture. Then one day she escapes, beats up Bankelal severely, and returns. She is once again placed in solitary. Then Ashok and his associate Murlidhar find out that Bankelal had framed Gauri, and they inform the Police, who make Bankelal confess. In this way, Gauri gets a pardon, and is asked to leave the orphanage, but she refuses to do so and stays on after promising that she will always obey Ashok. When Ashok has a heart attack, she proposes to stay and look after him, but Ashok wants her to leave and marry Murlidhar. The question remains, will Gauri disobey Ashok or keep her promise and marry Murlidhar?




Cast


Nutan - Gauri
Balraj Sahni - Ashok 'Babuji'
Sunder- Murlidhar
Pratima Devi - Superintendent "Didi"
C. S. Dubey - Banke Lal
Shivraj - Kashinath
Seema Shah - Pradmiaven
Krishnakant - Radha's husband
Praveen Paul - Mrs. Kashinath
Shubha Khote - Putli
Jagdish Raj - Doctor
Santosh Kumar (actor)




Soundtrack


All the songs were composed by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics were penned by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra.




Awards


1957: Filmfare Best Actress Award: Nutan
1957: Filmfare Best Story Award: Amiya Chakrabarty




References






External links


Seema at IMDb

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