Released:
1942-05-22

Overview:
Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.

Director:
Nirendranath Lahiri

Runtime:
2h 4min

Genre:
Drama, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Chhabi Biswas
  as
  Mukherjee
• 
  Tulsi Chakraborty
  as
  Jamidar's uncle
• 
  Jahar Ganguly
  as
  Santosh Chatterjee
• 
  Kanu Bannerjee
  as
  Nilmani Ghatak
• 
  Ratin Banerjee
  as
  Prof. Ghosal