Madhu Malti

{{short description|1978 film by Basu Bhattacharya}}

{{About|the 1978 film|the flower|Combretum indicum|the 1966 film|Madhu Malathi|the Indian Sufi poem|Madhumalati|other uses|Malathi (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Madhu Malti

| image = Madhu Malti.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Basu Bhattacharya

| producer = Chitra Katha

| writer = Gyandev Agnihotri

| narrator =

| starring = Sachin
Sarika
Nadira

| music = Ravindra Jain

| cinematography =

| editing = Tanvir Ahmed

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1978|08|25}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Madhu Malti ({{Translation|Combretum indicum}}) is a coming-of-age 1978 Hindi film directed by Basu Bhattacharya.{{cite book |last1=Gulzar |last2=Nihalani |first2=Govind |last3=Chatterjee |first3=Saibal |authorlink1=Gulzar |authorlink2=Govind Nihalani |authorlink3=Saibal Chatterjee |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |date=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-066-5 |page=532 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |date=1999 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94325-7 |page=64 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Ray |first1=Bibekananda |title=Conscience of The Race |date=2005 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2661-9 |page=63 |url=https://archive.org/details/CONSCIENCEOFTHERACEINDIASOFFBEATCINEMA/page/n85/mode/2up |language=en}} Produced by Chitra Katha, the film stars Sachin and Sarika in the title roles.{{cite book |title=Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema: Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi) Produced Between 1913-1988 |date=1988 |publisher=Screen World Publication |page=302 |language=en}} This was Gulshan Grover's film debut.{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Shreya |title=Actors nowadays are kaamchors, they avoid experimenting: Gulshan Grover |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actors-nowadays-are-kaamchors-they-avoid-experimenting-gulshan-grover/story-KwqLVwYRQn2uCLCnbCMiHM.html |accessdate=10 September 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=17 May 2017 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Arunachalam |first1=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981 - 1990 |date=14 April 2020 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited |isbn=978-81-938482-2-7 |page=84 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Sriprakash |title=India's nightingales to ring in leading music director Dr Ravindra Jain's 72nd birthday |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-india-s-nightingales-to-ring-in-leading-music-director-dr-ravindra-jain-s-72nd-birthday-2064891 |accessdate=10 September 2020 |work=DNA India |date=28 February 2015 |language=en}} The film tells the love story of Madhu and Malti, two college students.{{cite book |title=Indian Films |date=1978 |page=231 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AckHAQAAIAAJ&q=%22sachin+sarika+nadira%22 |language=en}} The film was released on 25 August 1978 and was certified U by the Central Board of Film Certification.{{cite journal |title=Madhu Malti |journal=The Gazette of India |date=15 November 1980 |volume=467 |pages=4180–4181 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1980.467/page/n47/ |publisher=Government of India Press}}