
A spoilt heiress runs away from home to be with the lover her family disapproves of, only to fall in love with someone else on the way.
Directed by Bibhuti Mitra, Basant leans on a strong ensemble — Nutan, Shammi Kapoor, Minoo Mumtaz — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1960.
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A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
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