Daadi Maa
Poster
Directed by	L. V. Prasad
Screenplay by	Pandit Mukhram Sharma
Story by	Pini Shetty
Produced by	L. V. Prasad
Starring	Ashok Kumar Bina Rai Durga Khote Shashikala Mehmood Ali Rehman Chand Usmani Kashinath Ghanekar Mumtaz Tanuja David Abraham Kanhaiyalal
Cinematography	Dwarka Divecha
Edited by	Shivaji Avdhut
Music by	Roshan
Production company	Prasad Productions
Running time	171 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Daadi Maa (transl. Grandmother) is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by L. V. Prasad and starring Ashok Kumar, Bina Rai, Mumtaz, Tanuja and Durga Khote.^[1]

Plot

Parvati (Bina Rai) hopes to repair the relationship between her husband Raja Pratap Rai (Ashok Kumar) and his stepmother. So she takes in her sister-in-law's baby as her own, while the true heir gets raised up in the status of a servant. Will this secret be found out and what will happen?^[2]

Cast

Songs

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Reception

In a typically negative review, K. Shankar Pillai, in a column for the magazine Shankar's Weekly, wrote of Daadi Maa in 1966, "Whatever else our faults as a nation, none shall ever blame us for letting down Indian motherhood... Bina Rai is the Mom with the halo, married to Ashok Kumar who is quick to scowl, yell and shoot at people. He is no lover here; he is a Rajah entitled to the said tantrums. He even stands for elections, which is quite understandable since Rajahs are elected or nominated nowadays. He is opposed by a commoner backed by Durga Khote, who is the stepmother of Ashok Kumar... Brother-in-law Rehman is an ardent believer in socialism and looks as though he has swallowed Avadi and all that hook, line and sinker (note: reference is to the 1955 session of the INC at Avadi, where socialism was famously adopted as the ruling party's policy) .... Mehmood appears often, trying hard to raise a laugh or two. He is the only relieving feature, although he too contributes his share of hamming ... Kumar is getting more rotund and even he is obviously fed up with Indian cinema, whatever film journals might say".^[2]