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SUJATA (1959) (All Time Top 99 Best Hindi Films)

Sujata  is a romance between a  Brahmin  young man, Adheer (Sunil Dutt) and an  untouchable  woman, Sujata (Nutan). The movie has  Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 's fight against untouchability and the myth of  Chandalika  in  Buddhism  as its subtexts on the basis of which it tries to criticize the practice of untouchability in  India . Brahmin couple Upen and Charu bring up the orphaned Sujata. Although Upen is fond of the adoptive child, his wife Charu and mother can never fully embrace Sujata because she is an untouchable. They never fail to remind Sujata that she doesn't belong amongst Brahmins. One day, Upen's wife falls down the stairs and is rushed to the hospital. The doctors tell the family that in order to save Charu, they need blood of a rare group. Only Sujata's blood matches, and she willingly donates blood. When Upen's wife knows that her life was saved by Sujata, she realizes her mistakes and accepts her as her daught...

SEEMA (All Time Top 99 Best Hindi Films)

SEEMA :  THE BOADER LINE BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR After her parents pass away, teenager Gauri goes to live with her paternal uncle, Kashinath, and his wife. She is ill-treated there, made to do all the housework, and abused by her aunt. She is also asked to work as a servant for meager wages in another household, and her earnings are taken away by her aunt. One day, Kashinath is summoned to the Police Station where he is told that since Gauri has been convicted of stealing a necklace from her employer, she is placed under his care for 12 months. Kashinath undertakes to look after her, but she manages to escape, and beats up Bankelal, who had originally accused her of stealing the necklace. The Police are summoned again, and this time Gauri is placed with Shree Satyanand Anarthalaya, an orphanage run by a compassionate Manager, Ashok. Gauri revolts against all the rules imposed upon her and she is placed in solitary, where she ends up breaking all the windows and furniture...