''Sneh Bandhan'' (The Bonds Of Love) also called Intezar, is a social melodrama

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film. It was released in

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. The film was a maiden production from producer Kikubhai Desai's new banner; Great India Pictures. Previously known to produce crime thrillers and fantasy, this was Desai's first social genre film. The music was by

Pannalal Ghosh Pandit Pannalal Ghosh ( bn, পান্নালাল ঘোষ; 24 July 1911 – 20 April 1960), also known as Amal Jyoti Ghosh, was an Indian flute (bansuri) player and composer. He was a disciple of Allauddin Khan, and is credited with popul ...

, with lyrics written by Pandit Betaab. The cast included Bibbo, E. Billimoria, Navin Yagnik, Pratima Devi and Muzammil. The film focuses on Snehalata, played by Bibbo, who is in love with the poor Gopal, but has to marry the rich Prakash. The story takes several turns in Sneha's life which include murder, a jail term, the birth of a son, stardom, blackmail and again, a killing where her son, now a lawyer, defends her in court.

Plot

Snehlata lives with her postmaster father and is in love with Gopal, who is poor but well-educated. Sneha's mother is not happy with Gopal as she wants Sneha to marry a rich man. Agreeing to wait for a year, Gopal goes to the city to make money. A year passes, but as Gopal has not returned at the stipulated time, Sneha is married off to the rich Pratap who loves her. Sneha is still pining for Gopal and a disappointed Pratap takes to drinking. When Gopal comes to visit Sneha, Pratap, in a jealous rage, kills him. Sneha takes the blame and is jailed for ten years. In jail, Sneha gives birth to a son, whom she gives up for adoption to the jail's matron, Sushila, with the promise that it should not be revealed to him who his real parents are. Pratap has continued his drinking as well as visiting singing and dancing girls. When her ten years are up, Sneha is released, but Pratap is in custody for killing a singing girl. Sneha decides to kill herself, but is saved by a film producer who helps her attain stardom. She sends the money to Sushila in order to help Kamal, her son, get a good education. Several years pass and Sneha's son, Kamal, is now a lawyer. Pratap is also released from jail. He finds Sneha and knows the secret about Kamal being their son. He starts blackmailing Sneha and insists on letting Kamal know his parentage. When her pleas fail, Sneha picks up a gun and Pratap tries to snatch it away from her. In the struggle, the gun goes off and Pratap is killed. Kamal, who is still unaware of Sneha, is appointed to defend her in court. Following an extended court scene, Sneha is acquitted with Kamal discovering that she is his mother.

Cast

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as Snehlata *

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as Pratap * Navin Yagnik as Kamal * J. P. advani as the Prosecuting lawyer * Pratima Devi * Raj Kumari * Dhulia * Muzammil * Kamla

Soundtrack

was a pioneer in Hindustani classical flute music, and had arrived in

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in 1940, to further his career in music. Having assisted in music production earlier while with

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, ''Sneh Bandhan'' was his debut film as an independent music composer. The popular songs from the film were "Aabroo Ke Kamaanon Mein" and "Sneh Bandhan Mein Bandhe Hue", sung by Khan Mastan and Bibbo. The lyrics were by Pandit Betaab and the singers were Bibbo, Khan Mastan and Kamla.

Songlist

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id =0152491 , title =Sneh Bandhan 1940 films 1940s Hindi-language films Films scored by Pannalal Ghosh Indian drama films 1940 drama films Indian black-and-white films Melodrama films Hindi-language drama films