Savera
Written by	Satyen Bose
Produced by	Ruby Sen
Starring	Ashok Kumar Meena Kumari
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Sailesh Mukherjee
Release date	1958 (1958)
Running time	152 minutes
Language	Hindi

Savera (transl. Morning) is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Satyen Bose starring Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari in lead roles. Music director Sailesh Mukherjee gave the music of the film.

Plot

Kundan (Ashok Kumar) is a medical student who is falsely implicated in a murder charge and fails to complete his degree. His neighbor and childhood friend Shanti (Meena Kumari) who Kundan grew up with was married to Kundan at the behest of her mother but they got separated after Kundan took the path of crime. Eventually, Kundan takes the job of a taxi driver and befriends a bunch of criminals. On a trip, he meets with a so-called Swami Poornananda (Bipin Gupta) who is also involved in criminal activities, immediately they befriend. By the end of their train trip they meet with an accident, injuring Swami. Kundan rescues him and takes him to a nearby ashram where Kundan disguises himself as Swami and keeps the injured Swami in his room. Here Kundan meets Shanti who also works in the ashram and identifies him as her husband from a cut in his hand. Shanti helps Kundan in starting afresh and they live happily ever after.

Cast

• Ashok Kumar as Kundan
• Meena Kumari as Shanti
• Bipin Gupta as Swami Purnananda
• Leela Mishra
• Keshto Mukherjee
• Bhagwan Sinha
• Kammo
• Samson

Crew

• Director – Satyen Bose
• Producer – Ruby Sen (Basu Chitra Mandir)
• Dialogues – Govind Moonis
• Screenplay – Satyen Bose
• Cinematography – Madan Sinha
• Music – Sailesh Mukherjee
• Lyrics – Shailendra, Prem Dhawan
• Editing – Dulal Dutta
• Art Direction – Biren Naag
• Playback Singers – Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt

Soundtrack

The film had seven songs in it. The music of the film was composed by Sailesh Mukherjee. Shailendra and Prem Dhawan wrote the lyrics.^[1]

References

External links

• Savera at IMDb