''Mayurpankh'' is a 1954 Indian film directed by

Kishore Sahu Kishore Sahu (22 November 1915 – 22 August 1980) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980, and he directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974. His directorial ven ...

. It was screened in the

1954 Cannes Film Festival The 7th Cannes Film Festival took place from 25 March to 9 April 1954. French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau served as jury president for the main competition. This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury. The Grand Prix was aw ...

, where it competed for the Grand Prize of the Festival. The choreography of the

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dance in it was by Shirin Vajifdar, a pioneering Parsi dancer. The film is in colour.

Plot

The film is in part narration by the protagonist and part dialogue. Famous British author Joan Davis goes to India with her boyfriend and encounters Ranjit Singh, a game hunter, in the jungles of India. They fall in love but Joan discovers that Ranjit is married. They meet again in Jaipur at Ranjit's palace, during Ranjit's sister's wedding and Joan meets his wife Shanti. They immediately start liking each other. Ranjit's father is a mining baron and Joan's boyfriend a mining engineer. Both of them strike a deal and Ranjit has to go to England with them. Ranjit's heart wavers and he is undecided as to which love to follow, but he eventually decides.

Cast

as Ranjit Singh * Sumitra Devi as Shanti * Odette Ferguson as Joan Davis * Reginald Jackson as William Griffith *

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(as Janki Dass) *

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* Ramesh Gupta * Nirdoshi * Abbas * Jagdish Kanwal * Moni Chatterjee * Shyamlal (as Shyam) *

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* Roshan Vajifdar * Kurshid Vijifdar

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

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, lyrics written by Shailendra &

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References

External links

* {{Kishore Sahu 1954 films 1950s Hindi-language films Films directed by Kishore Sahu Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan Films with screenplays by Kishore Sahu Films produced by Kishore Sahu