Director: P.Y. Altekar; Writer: P.Y. Altekar, Minoo Katrak, Mama Warerkar; Cinematographer: Gordhanbhai Patel; Editor: Thite; Cast: Chandramohan, Durga Khote, Anant Marathe (Anant Kumar), S. Prahlad, Keki Bawa, Ashalata, Vatsala Kumthekar, Trilok Kapoor, Baby Suman, Shreenivas
Summary: The Marathi stage personality and film-maker Altekar’s moral fable about the law. The naive, saintly Durga (Khote) uses the Bhagavad Gita as an ethical guidebook while her husband Shankar and later her son Mohan (Chandramohan in both roles) become professional villains. When her second son Kumar (Kapoor), an English-trained lawyer, returns he becomes a public prosecutor. He finds he must prosecute his own brother. Subplots include Sundari (Kumthekar), Mohan’s prostitute girlfriend whose pimp Keshavlal (Prahlad) killed Mohan’s father and whose sister Lata (Ashalata) is Durga’s disciple. The dialogues and songs of the Marathi version were written by major Marathi playwright Warerkar.
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