We Three

Overview

Mehboob presents the autonomous passion of Leela (Rose) for Moti (Motilal) who is promised to another woman, Bina (Maya). Leela is portrayed as irresponsible and impulsive as she acknowledges her desire for Moti and has a child by him. Bina then releases Moti from his promise. Moti suffers when he is told by Bina’s father (Sankantha) that she is dead, while Leela’s father (Pande) enjoins his daughter to commit suicide if Moti does not marry her. In spite of the film’s endorsement of ‘traditional’, lethally oppressive patriarchal mores, incarnated by the women’s fathers, Mehboob’s narrative at least dares to depict a woman who refuses to feel guilty about her desire.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 16, 1938

Original language

English

Production

Sagar Movietone

Cast

Motilal,Sankatha,Pande,Sunalini Devi,Maya Banerjee,Rose,Harish,Yakub,Bhudo Advani

Director

Mehboob Khan

Writer

Zia Sarhadi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0231764