Kumkum the Dancer

Overview

A dance film idealising poverty made mainly to showcase Bose's talents. Labour leader Suryashankar is jailed for trade union activities and, when released, finds that his friend Jagdish has stolen his property and plagiarised his play Bhookh (Hunger). To take revenge on behalf of the poor, Suryashankar's daughter Kumkum (Bose) marries Jagdish's son Chandan (Bhattacharya). Later she collaborates in staging a play meant to expose Jagdish's evil past. The film's publicity slogan was 'She robbed her husband to feed the poor!'

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 7, 1940

Original language

English

Production

Sagar Movietone

Cast

Bhudo Advani,Preeti Majumdar,Moni Chatterjee,Shashadhar Chatterjee,Dhiraj Bhattacharya,Sadhona Bose,Kamta Prasad,Lalit Rai,Binita Gupta,Padmadeviand 1 more

Director

Modhu Bose

Writer

Manmatha Ray

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0277086