Director: Nitin Bose; Writer: Nitin Bose; Producer: B.N. Sircar; Cinematographer: Nitin Bose; Editor: Subodh Mitra; Cast: K.L. Saigal, Lila Desai, Devbala, Prithviraj Kapoor, Kamlesh Kumari, Prabha, Nawab, Jagdish Sethi, Bikram Nahar, Kapoor, Shabbir Ali
Duration: 02:09:38; Aspect Ratio: 1.328:1; Hue: 30.437; Saturation: 0.000; Lightness: 0.341; Volume: 0.207; Cuts per Minute: 58.636
Summary: A famous Saigal musical narrating a strange love story set against 1930s industrialisation and worker-management relations. The 16-year-old Prabhavati (Chandrabati Devi/Kumari) inherits a mill and turns it into an extremely profitable enterprise. Prakash (Saigal) is a worker who designs a more efficient machine for the factory for which he first gets sacked and then is re-employed. He falls in love with Prabhavati’s sister Sheila (Desai), who later makes way for Prabhavati who is also in love with Prakash. Her withdrawal distresses Prakash, causing her to bully the workers who then go on strike. Prabhavati realises the problem and presumably commits suicide (she disappears into an office and locks the door) for the good of her sister and of the business. The unmistakable thrust of the story is that the ‘personal’ (i.e. relations with women) should not be allowed to interfere in male pursuits like business or management, equated with social good. The film has Saigal’s classic number Ek bangla bane nyara. The plot echoes the Guru Dutt script for the unfinished
Baharain Phir Bhi Ayengi.
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