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Grihadah (1936)

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Runtime : 2H 21M

Director : P.C. Barua
Writer : Munshi Arzoo Lucknowi

Synopsis

The poor but educated Mahim and his childhood friend, the rich but conservative Suresh, both fall in love with the same woman, the liberated Achala. Mahim marries her and they move to a village but she cannot forget Suresh. Her smouldering unhappiness takes the form of a resentment towards the orphaned Mrinal, raised by Mahim's father, and receives a dramatically visual embodiment when their house burns down. Mahim falls ill, is rescued by Suresh and nursed back to health by Achala. On a train (a metaphor for the irreversibly linear course of life) to a health-resort where Mahim is supposed to convalesce, Suresh on a rainswept night gives in to temptation and elopes with Achala. At the end of the film, there is a dubious reconciliation as Achala is shown following Mahim's 'good' traditionalism with Saratchandra's barely concealed hostility towards Achala's liberated Brhamo Samaj upbringing.

Actors

P.C. Barua
P.C. Barua
Mahim
Prithviraj Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor
Suresh (Hindi version)
Krishna Chandra Dey
Krishna Chandra Dey
Boken Chatto
Boken Chatto
Jamuna
Jamuna
Achala
Molina Devi
Molina Devi
Mrinal
Ahi Sanyal
Ahi Sanyal
Biswanath Bhaduri
Biswanath Bhaduri
Miss Harimati
Miss Harimati

Crews

P.C. Barua
P.C. Barua
Director
Saratchandra Chatterjee
Saratchandra Chatterjee
Story
Munshi Arzoo Lucknowi
Munshi Arzoo Lucknowi
Screenplay
Rai Chand Boral
Rai Chand Boral
Music
Pankaj Mullick
Pankaj Mullick
Music
Bimal Roy
Bimal Roy
Director of Photography