Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)

Long-suffering heiress Seeta is treated worse than a servant by her abusive money-grubbing aunt. Meanwhile, her long-lost twin sister Geeta grows up to be a gutsy street-performer. One day, the girls unintentionally swap places.

Director:

Ramesh Sippy

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue), Javed Akhtar (screenplay),

Stars:

Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dharmendra	...	Raka
Sanjeev Kumar	...	Ravi
Hema Malini	...	Seeta / Geeta
Manorama	...	Kaushalya
Pratima Devi	...	Dadi Ma (Grandmother) (as Protima Devi)
Satyendra Kapoor	...	Badrinath (as Satyandra Kappu)
Kamal Kapoor	...	Ravi's Father
Ratnamala	...	Ravi's Mother
Radhika Rani	...	Leela (Geeta's Foster Mother)
Honey Irani	...	Sheila
Dev Kishan	...	House Servant (as Dev Kisan)
Alankar Joshi	...	Kaushalya's Son (as Master Alankar)
Roopesh Kumar	...	Ranjeet
Keshav Rana	...	Inspector Rana
Mushtaq Merchant

Storyline

Seeta is ill treated by her cruel aunt Kaushalya. Fed up with her atrocities, one day Seeta leaves the house and runs into Raka. Meanwhile, her look-alike, Geeta, is apprehended by the police and brought to Kaushalya. Geeta, unlike Seeta, is unafraid and soon assumes control of the house. But as fate could have it, Geeta's cover is blown and she is arrested for impersonation. Seeta, in the meantime, is unable to meet life's harsh demands, including dancing in the street, as was Geeta and Raka's profession. As Geeta is got rid off, Kaushalya locates Seeta and brings her back to her life of mute slavery, abuse, and confinement.

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Plot Keywords:

twins | dual role | gypsy | revenge | circus

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Drama | Family | Musical

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Also Known As:

Seeta and Geeta

Filming Locations:

Famous Cine Studios, Tardeo, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sippy Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

162 min 162 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Vani Rani (1974)

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Soundtracks

"Zindagi hai khel koi pass koi fail"
Sung by Manna Dey and Asha Bhosle

User Reviews

The harm it can cause if you swap places with your twin

This film is about a wealthy couple and the woman is giving birth and stop by a gypsie's house and by the next morning the woman has twins but only thinks she's got one because the gypsie took one of them to bring up on her own and so later on the two twins somehow got themselves in a knot and end up swaping places. Dharmendra and Sanjeev kumar play the heros. this film has it's fair share of comedy and drama.