Gomti Ke Kinare (1972)

Gomti Ke Kinare ("on the banks of the Gomti") is a 1972 Hindi drama set around the river that flows through Lucknow. It was the directorial debut of Sawan Kumar Tak, who went on to make Saajan Bina Suhagan and Souten, and it is best remembered as the last film of Meena Kumari, the "tragedy queen" of Hindi cinema, released after her death in March 1972, the same year as Pakeezah. Mumtaz co-stars and R. D. Burman composed the music. It is an emotional, mother-centred melodrama in the style of its time.