---
title: 'Parakh (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bimal Roy'
released: '1960-08-05'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/parakh-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055276/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Parakh (1960)

1960 · Comedy · India


## Synopsis

Parakh is a 1960 Indian Hindi film, based on a story by music director Salil Chowdhury, that displays Bimal Roy's lighter side and is a satirical look at Indian democracy in its early years. Bimal Roy received the Filmfare Best Director Award for the film. The ensemble cast was led by Sadhana and Basanta Choudhury. The film has music by Salil Choudhury, featuring Lata Mangeshkar's hit "O Sajana Barkha Bahaar Aai".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bimal Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bimal-roy)
- **Producer:** [Bimal Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bimal-roy)
- **Screenplay:** [Salil Chowdhury](https://cinepixo.com/people/salil-chowdhury)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Salil Chowdhury](https://cinepixo.com/people/salil-chowdhury)

## Cast

- [Basanta Choudhury](https://cinepixo.com/people/basanta-choudhury)
- [Sadhana Shivdasani](https://cinepixo.com/people/sadhana-shivdasani)
- [Keshto Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/keshto-mukherjee)
- [Motilal](https://cinepixo.com/people/motilal)
- [Mumtaz Begum](https://cinepixo.com/people/mumtaz-begum)
- [Leela Chitnis](https://cinepixo.com/people/leela-chitnis)
- [Nazir Hussain](https://cinepixo.com/people/nazir-hussain)
- [Jayant](https://cinepixo.com/people/jayant)
- [Asit Sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/asit-sen)
- [Rashid Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rashid-khan)
- [Durga Khote](https://cinepixo.com/people/durga-khote)
- [Kanhaiyalal](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanhaiyalal)
- [Hari Shivdasani](https://cinepixo.com/people/hari-shivdasani)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/parakh-1960
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