Sharada is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film directed by L. V. Prasad. The film stars Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari. The music was composed by C. Ramchandra. The film did "above average" business and was the ninth-highest-grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1957. It is a remake of 1954 Tamil film Edhir Paradhathu. Although that year Nargis was awarded Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mother India , Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards considered Meena Kumari's performance superior and awarded her as the Best Actress. Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari later worked together in Char Dil Char Rahen (1959).