Director: P.C. Barua; Writer: Shashadhar Dutt (Sasadhar Datta); Producer: M.P. Productions; Cinematographer: P C Barua; Editor: Kali Raha; Cast: Ratin Banerjee, P.C. Barua, Ahindra Choudhury, Devbala, Kanan Devi, Jahar Ganguli, Jamuna, Krishna Miss, Ranjit Roy, Umatara
Summary: Baruas last major film continues his concern with the fortunes of an aimless feudal upper class Devdas 1935 Mukti, 1937. The rich, self-absorbed and, to his family, deranged Manoj Barua is sent to his future father in law for a rest cure. However, he loses his way and is offered shelter by a railway station master with whose daughter he falls in love. The poor, earthy and worldly-wise Meena Kanan Devi is contrasted with the hero's rich fiancee and strident feminist Reba Jamuna and the eventual confrontation between the two women provides the justification for Manoj's decision to marry the former. The original story was written as a rejoinder to Saratchandra's Shesh Prashna, attacking his alleged feminism. The film established Murlidhar Chatterjee's new company as one of the foremost producers of socials in Bengali cinema. The Hindi version included classic Kanan Devi numbers such as Toofan mail and Kuch yaad rahe to sun kar jaa. The famous song in Bengali was Ami bonophool go.
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