21
Ranked #21 of 100
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम · 1962
A feudal mansion rots while its neglected mistress drinks to hold her husband's attention. Told by the servant who loved her.
- Director
- Abrar Alvi
- Year
- 1962
- Genre
- Drama
- Cast
- Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Rehman
Why it's at number 21
Meena Kumari's Chhoti Bahu is the definitive tragic performance of the studio era.
A feudal mansion rots while its neglected mistress drinks to hold her husband's attention. Told by the servant who loved her.
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam sits in the 1960s alongside Mughal-e-Azam and Guide — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Abrar Alvi.
- Released in 1962, in the 1960s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama.
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