Patita

A poor girl named Radha struggles to make ends meet for her sick father, but her life takes a dark turn after she is raped, has a child, and is rejected by her husbands family before being defended by her deceased husbands spirit. Patita is a 1953 Indian Hindi-language Drama Family movie starring Dev Anand, Usha Kiran, Agha, Lalita Pawar, Shivraj, S Krishna Rao and Nazima. Mars & Movies Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Amiya Chakrabarty. Patita is written by Chandrakant and directed by Amiya Chakrabarty. Bombay Talkies acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Patita was released on 1st January 1953. The screenplay for the movie was written by Rajendra Shankar. Cinematography was done by V. Babasaheb and editing by D. B. Joshi. The music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan.