Sadhna
1958 · 137 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 95 VOTES · DIR. B.R. Chopra
Overview
Mohan lives a middle-class life with his ailing mother, and works as a college professor. His mother would like him to get married, but he asks her to be patient as he awaits his probationary period to end at the college. At the college he lectures his students about Vasantsena, the evils of prostitution and his personal hatred of courtesans, who sell their lives for money. Things take a turn for the worse, when his mother suddenly collapses, loses consciousness, and is not expected to live long. The only way he can bring peace to his dying mother is to get married. His neighbor, Jeevan Ram, agrees to find a woman who will pose as a wife for a fee, and introduces him to a woman named Rajni, who is then introduced to his mother.
Dialogue Timeline — 967 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:36 Bye, Mom. I'm off to college. - Son, come here, will you?
00:06:45 She was a prostitute? - Yes, she was.
00:13:49 I heard she fell down the stairs. What did the doctor say?
00:18:53 Aunty, it's me, Jeevan. - Where's my son?
00:28:29 "Go away, if you' re prudish; for I sell my modesty..."
00:33:16 Let me see you both together to my heart's content.
00:39:22 Oh? Do you think I need you? I' ll manage it myself.
00:42:41 No problem. - Fine then.
00:49:49 Bless you, dear. I was waiting for you so eagerly.
00:54:31 I' ll go now. It's late. - Okay, but come tomorrow.
01:00:13 Poor girl was singing all night yesterday.
01:04:56 A lady... - A nobility.
01:11:34 Today we' ll have a bride dancing.
01:18:16 " Whether it's Mahananda, Ahilya, He helps everybody"
01:23:43 Hold my hand and see. - l' m not really worthy of you.
01:30:55 You' re well, aren't you?
01:35:38 Okay, but remember. I vow to make you dance again!
01:39:37 Sure, and it can be kept too. But you have to make a deal.
01:45:36 My whole existence is on mercy and virtue.
01:49:51 " For a woman life itself is a punishment.
01:56:54 And then you mix in the high society and critize us...
02:03:52 Their hands pretended to help mother, but touched me.
02:09:23 And an unworthy son betrays his mother exactly in this way.
02:13:03 You can be a wife for a night. Not for life.