1936
Events January–February
* January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House.
* January 28 – Death and state funer ...
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
social film. It was directed by Prafulla Roy for International Film Craft. The film was based on a story by writer
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (anglicised as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee; 15 September 1876 – 16 January 1938) was a Bengali novelist and short story writer of the early 20th century. He generally wrote about the lives of Bengali family and socie ...
from his story "Dena Paona". The film was the remake of the Bengali film ''
Dena Paona
''Dena Paona'' (; ) is a 1931 Bengali film directed by Premankur Atorthy, starring Amar Mullick, Durgadas Bannerjee, Jahar Ganguly, Nibhanani Devi, and Bhanu Bandopadhyay. Based on a novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and produced by Ne ...
'' directed by
Premankur Atorthy
Premankur Atorthy (1890–1964) was an Indian novelist, journalist, and film director. He was involved in Hindi and Bengali cinema.Timir Baran with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan and
Kidar Sharma
Kidar Nath Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), also known as Kedar Sharma, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of movies including '' Neel Kamal'' (1947 ...
.The film starred
K. L. Saigal
Kundan Lal Saigal, often abbreviated as K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), was an Indian singer and actor who worked in Hindi cinema, which was centred in Calcutta (Kolkata) during his time, but is currently based in Bombay (Mumba ...
Pahari Sanyal
Pahari Sanyal (22 February 1906 – 10 February 1974) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema.
Sanyal acted in many Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali films, such as ''Harano Sur'', ''Bhan ...
and Rajkumari. The story is about a reckless immoral youth who marries for money then deserts his wife due to circumstances, only to return as an aristocrat and reform through the love of his wife.
Plot
Jibananda (
K. L. Saigal
Kundan Lal Saigal, often abbreviated as K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), was an Indian singer and actor who worked in Hindi cinema, which was centred in Calcutta (Kolkata) during his time, but is currently based in Bombay (Mumba ...
) a selfish young criminally-minded man marries the rich Alaknanda (Chandra) for her money. With her help he changes and starts loving her. But his criminal activities catch up with him and he has to escape from the police leaving his wife behind. Several years pass and he returns as a rich aristocrat. The Pujarin (priestess) of the local temple, who unbeknownst to Jibananda, is his wife, gets into a conflict with him as she does not approve of his high-handed ways with the local people. He realises who the priestess is and reforms his ways, finally reuniting with his wife.
Cast
*
K. L. Saigal
Kundan Lal Saigal, often abbreviated as K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), was an Indian singer and actor who worked in Hindi cinema, which was centred in Calcutta (Kolkata) during his time, but is currently based in Bombay (Mumba ...
As Jibananda
*Chandrabti Devi As Alaka
*
Pahari Sanyal
Pahari Sanyal (22 February 1906 – 10 February 1974) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema.
Sanyal acted in many Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali films, such as ''Harano Sur'', ''Bhan ...
Shyam Laha
Shyam Laha (26 November 1911 – 25 October 1973) was an Indian actor in Bengali language, Bengali and Hindi-language films. He was known for his comedy, comic acting.
Early life
Shyam Laha was born in 1911 in Kolkata, British India. His origin ...
*Rajkumari As Hemavati
*Nawab
*Babulal
*Kailash
*Jagdish
*
Kidar Sharma
Kidar Nath Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), also known as Kedar Sharma, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of movies including '' Neel Kamal'' (1947 ...
Soundtrack
The music direction was by Timir Baran and lyrics by Kidar Sharma. The popular K. L. song from this film ''Piye Ja Aur Piye Ja'' is said to have been recorded without any rehearsal. The composition for the music was a mix of Western orchestra with waltz and use of Raag Khamaj. The song seemed a foreshadowing of Saigal's life and "enchanted listeners".