Director: Dattaram Pai; Writer: Sadat Hasan Manto; Cinematographer: S. Hardip; Cast: Ashok Kumar, Veera, S.L. Puri, Rama Shukul, Mohsin, Sadat Hasan Manto, Upendranath Ashok, Mehdi Ali Khan, B.M. Dikshit, Ram Nath, Aga Jan, Master Bhagwan, Victor Pinto, Leela Mishra, H. Desai
Summary: Manto wrote in Meena Bazar (1962) that his
script was specifically designed as an Ashok
Kumar comedy. Effectively directed by the star
himself, this early Filmistan production tells of
Shamsher Singh (Kumar), a discharged military
officer who wants to settle down as a farmer.
His marriage is arranged with the educated
Neela (Veera) who ditches him at the last
minute and goes to the city where she learns
that she stands to inherit a fortune if she gets
married within 8 days. After rejecting several
suitors, she finally falls in love with Shamsher
Singh, whom she meets in the city unaware
that he is the person to whom she was earlier
betrothed. Singh treats her badly and she sues
him but in the end the two realise that they
love each other. Manto acts in the film as an air
force officer.
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