Mohabbat Ki Kasauti (1934)

Original title

রূপ লেখা

Directed by

Pramathesh Barua

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is a semi-historical story set in the British Raj period. It features characters dealing with love and devotion across different timelines using flashbacks. A Mughal emperor and a Buddhist tale are involved in the plot.

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What happens

Mohabbat Ki Kasauti also called Rooplekha in Bengali was a 1934 Indian "semi-historical" bilingual film in Hindi and Bengali, directed by P. C. Barua for New Theatres. Though Barua is consistently mentioned as the director, according to author J. K. Bajaj, Debaki Bose directed Rooplekha in 1934. It had music by R. C. Boral and the cast included Rattanbai, K. L. Saigal, Pahari Sanyal, Noor Mohammed Charlie and Vishwanath. Jamuna started her career with a small role in the Hindi version. The film had Saigal playing the role of Akbar according to Pran Nevile, but it has also been cited as a film based on a Buddhist fable. The film was one of the first Indian Talkies to use the concept of flashback technique in the narrative. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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