Director: Mehboob; Writer: Anwar Batalvi, Aga Jani Kashmiri; Producer: Mehboob; Cinematographer: Faredoon Irani; Editor: Shamsuddin Kadri; Cast: Noorjehan, Surendra, Zahur Raja, Leela Misra, Murad, N Kabir, Wasker, Anwari Begum, Bibibai, Noor Mahal, Nawab Khan, Bhudo Advani, Amirbanu, Agha Mehsher Shirazi, Ghulam Mohamed, Suraiya
Duration: 02:02:04; Aspect Ratio: 1.309:1; Hue: 155.854; Saturation: 0.004; Lightness: 0.281; Volume: 0.311; Cuts per Minute: 6.414; Words per Minute: 57.797
Summary: A love-triangle romance with reformist
overtones set partly in Bombay. Impoverished
hero Chander (Surendra) and rich heroine Lata
(Nurjehan) are childliood sweethearts
separated when Lata's parents move to
Bombay. Later, Chander moves there when
rich friend Prakash (Zahur Raja) finds him work
in a musical instruments shop. By then, Lata
has become a famous poetess going by the
name of Renu and is engaged to Prakash. Lata's
friend Basanti (Suraiya) falls in love with
Chander but he remains true to his childhood
girl and walks away into the sunset (with
Basanti running after him). Although Mehboob
made other triangular romances (Hum Turn
Aur Woh, 1918; Najma, 1943 etc.), this film
started his investigation of patriarchy, shown as
masquerading under 'eternal' values (cf.
Anokhi Ada, 1948; Andaz, 1949). The film
deploys a strident rhetoric about class
divisions, opposing poverty to eternal
human(ist) values such as friendship and love.
Languorous gesture and a romantically lit neo-classical decor are used to suggest femininity.
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