Sharmeelee
| Sharmeelee | |
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| Directed by | Samir Ganguly |
| Written by | Gulshan Nanda (story) |
| Produced by | Subodh Mukherjee |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Raakhee |
| Cinematography | N. V. Srinivas |
| Edited by | V. K. Naik |
| Music by | S. D. Burman |
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Running time | 2 hours 44 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹2.6 crore (equivalent to ₹124 crore or US$15 million in 2023) (Nett.) |
Sharmeelee (trans. Shy) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language romantic film produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Samir Ganguly. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Narendra Nath, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar, S N Banerjee, Anita Guha, Asit Sen. Raakhee played a double role in this film, and its success helped make her one of the decade's top leading ladies in Hindi films. The film also marked the debut of Ranjeet. The film starts on a romantic track, but after halfway takes a brilliant turn towards mystery and thriller genre.