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Overview

A famous Saigal musical narrating a strange love story set against 1930s industrialization and worker-management relations. The 16-year-old Prabhavati inherits a mill and turns it into an extremely profitable enterprise. Prakash is a worker who designs a more efficient machine for the factory for which he first gets sacked and then is re-employed. He falls in love with Prabhavati's sister Sheila, who later makes way for Prabhavati who is also in love with Prakash. Her withdrawal distresses Prakash, causing him to bully the workers who then go on strike.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 20, 1937

Original language

Bangla

Countries

India

Production

New Theatres Limited

Cast

K.L. Saigal,Indu Mukherjee,Prabha,Leela Desai,Amar Mullick,Durgadas Bannerjee,Devbala,Chandrabati Devi,Bhanu Banerjee

Director

Nitin Bose

Music

Rai Chand Boral,Pankaj Mullick

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0028786