Director: Gyan Mukherjee; Writer: Gyan Mukherjee, P.L. Santoshi, Shaheed Latif; Producer: S. Mukherjee; Cinematographer: R.D. Parineeja; Editor: Dattaram N Pai; Cast: Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, Shah Nawaz, V H Desai, Mumtaz Ali, Karuna Devi, Shahzadi, Rajkumari Shukla, Minoo Cooper, M A Aziz, Kazi, Master Laxman, Liladhar Sharma, Iqbalbai, B M Dixit, Jyoti, Dulari, Nana Palsiker
Duration: 01:44:15; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 149.358; Saturation: 0.078; Lightness: 0.330; Volume: 0.217; Cuts per Minute: 8.748
Summary: The third consecutive S. Mukherjee-produced
hit by Bombay Talkies starring Leela Chitnis
and Ashok Kumar (
Kangan; 1939,
Bandhan,
1940). Two half-brothers, Ramesh (Kumar) and
Mahesh (Shah Nawaz), love the same woman,
Geeta (Chitnis). Mahesh inherits his father's
estate (half of which belongs to Ramesh) while
Ramesh works as a postman. Complicating the
situation is the presence of Kamala (Karuna
Devi), Mahesh's former beloved who
eventually wrecks his matrimonial designs on
Geeta. The film adheres to the Bombay Talkies
tradition of the ruralist melodrama, with a
simplified Hindustani dialect and the studio's
familiar clutch of supporting characters, such as
the benevolent patriarchal Zamindar, the
postmaster (Desai), the dancing courtier and
postal employee (Mumtaz Ali). Gyan
Mukherjee's debut also announces the shortly
to be formed Filmistan studio's signature style
of taut, dramatic editing - in its complicated
climax when Mahesh's henchmen chase Geeta,
who is rescued by Ramesh and by a popular
revolt among the villagers. Ashok Kumar sings
his best known film song
Chali re meri nao.
Mukherjee's next film was the crime movie
Kismet (1943).
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