Madhu 1959

Madhu is a 1959 Indian Bollywood social film released on Jan 01, 1959. The film is directed by Gyan Mukherjee.
A spectacular change brings romance to the lives of Vijay, son of the village zamindar, and Madhu, the simple hearted and beautiful daughter of the local purohit. Vijays mother agrees to the union, but his proud and arrogant father is outraged; he orders Vijay to leave the Village immediately and offers the Purohit financial aid to get his daughter married off as soon as possible. . So deep has become their love for each other that Vijay realised that neihter of them will find happiness again if they are now seperated with the help of his boyhood friend Shambhu he manages to pursuade the Purohit that he should be secretly married and one day his father would change his mind and understand. . After the marriage, Vijay has to leave immediately for Lucknow. But unable to bear the seperation on the wedding night (sohaag raat) he slips away from the train at the next station and steals away in the dark to see Madhu....and of that night a child is conceived. . Learning of the train escaped from the Muneem who accompanied Vijay, the zamindar comes to Lucknow. From Madhus first letter, which was intercepted by the Muneem, he learns the truth. He orders the Muneem to intercept all letters from both side. . After his recovery, his father tells him that he has arranged for his marriage. Unable, on the other hand, to understand Madhus silence and on the other to confess everything to his father, Vijay slips away from the house and goes to the village to find out for himself. And there he bears a strange story from no less a person than the Purohit it himself... . Meanwhile, what of Madhu? Eating her heart out at the silence of Vijay, she finally becomes desparate when scardal raises its ugly head in the village, since no one believes she was married. Thinking him to be his last sacntuary, the heart broken Purohit confesses everything to the zamindar...only to be laughed at on his face and sent away in disgrace. And then Madhu decides to take matters in her own hands. . But Shambhu, who has been away from the village all these months, suddenly returns at this stage and also leaves in search of Vijay. . But fate takes a hand and twists their effort in such a way, that when both Shambhu and Madhu are gone from the village, the Purohit has a sorry tale to tell Vijay when he comes looking for his Madhu. [Source: Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Madhu.