Director: Amar Mullick; Writer: Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, Kidar Sharma; Cinematographer: Bimal Roy; Cast: [B]:, Jogesh Choudhury, Nirmal Bannerjee, Sailen Choudhury, Bhanu Bannerjee, Indu Mukherjee, Keshto Das, Ahi Sanyal, Naresh Babu, Benoy Sanyal, Sailen Pal, Dhiren Das, Kali Ghosh, Paresh Chatterjee, Chhabi Roy, Nibhanani Devi, Ranibala, Poornima, [H]:, Molina Devi, Pahadi Sanyal, Chandrabati Devi, Jagdish Sethi, Zainab, Gulab, Bela, Nawab, Bikram Kapoor, Rajalakshmi, Menaka, Pannalal, Nemo, Chimanlal, Rani, Renuka Devi, Kidar Sharma
Summary: After
Devdas (1935), this is one of New Theatres’ best-known films based on Saratchandra’s writing. Suren (P. Sanyal), prevented by his family from pursuing a university career, leaves home and becomes a tutor to Pramila (Zainab). He falls in love with her widowed elder sister Madhavi (Molina Devi) who, although returning his love, has him sacked to save the situation. Years later, Suren becomes a big zamindar and, unknown to him, Madhavi is one of his tenants suffering under the oppression of his staff, a plot device providing ample opportunities for emotional drama about how ‘traditional’ social conventions lay waste to people’s lives. The end, as a terminally ill Suren makes up with Madhavi before dying on her lap, evokes Devdas.
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