Jalti Nishani (1932)

Original title

अग्निकंकण

Directed by

V. Shantaram

Genre

adventure film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 09m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man takes a solemn oath and goes on an adventure in colonial India. The story involves themes of honor and rebellion against authority.

adventurousdramatichistoricalaction-orientedearnestmusicalpatrioticbold

What happens

Agnikankan: Branded Oath (Burning Symbol) also called The Branded Oath, is a 1932 Marathi adventure film directed by V. Shantaram. The film was a Prabhat Film Company production and was a bilingual, called Jalti Nishani (Burning Symbol) in Hindi. The cinematography was done by Keshavrao Dhaiber and Art direction by S. Fatehlal. The sound direction was by Vishnupant Govind Damle and the music and lyrics were by Govindrao Tembe. Dialogues for the movie are written by Govindrao Tembe. The character artist Gajanan Jagirdar began his career in films by acting the role of a seventy-five-year-old man at the age of twenty-five. The cast included Shankarrao Bhosle, Kamala Devi, Master Vinayak, Baburao Pendharkar, Nimbalkar and Jagirdar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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