Director: Chandulal Shah; Writer: Chandulal Shah; Cinematographer: Pandurang Naik; Cast: E. Bilimoria, Gohar, Keki Bawa, Gangaprasad
Pathak, Dixit, Ghory, Ram Apte, Shanta, Charubala, Rampiary, Kamala
Summary: Shah’s first remake of his silent hit
Gunsundari (1927) presents a more
traditional, though complicated, version of the
original plot. A joint family headed by Seth
Shyamaldas (Bawa) includes two sons Chandrakant
(Bilimoria) and Vinu (Apte) and daughter Kusum
(Shanta). The stories of the father and each of the
three children unfold and in each Gunsundari
(Gohar), Chandrakant’s dutiful wife, appears as the
saviour. Shyamaldas (Bawa) is a drunkard, accused
of fathering an illegitimate child. Chandrakant
becomes a drunk falling into the clutches of both
the villain Madanrai (Gangaprasad) and the
prostitute Bansari (Rampiary) who try to steal his
property. Sister-in-law Sushila (Kamala) is
unhappily married to Vasantrai (Ghory) who pawns
her necklace. Gunsundari gives her some money
and later gets into trouble because she is sworn to
secrecy and cannot account for the money. As in
the silent version, Gunsundari tries to entice her
husband back from Bansari, but eventually finds
herself on the streets, destitute. She finally meets
Chandrakant, who is also on the streets. Eventually
all ends happily when they discover, through
coincidence, that the dead Shyamaldas has left all
his property to his estranged son.
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