Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Karwan-E-Hayat (1935)

Karwan-E-Hayat poster
Original title
Karwane Hayat
Directed by
Premankur Atorthy
Genre
historical film
Country
British Raj
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prince flees from an arranged marriage and then unexpectedly falls for the princess he was supposed to marry. They meet in strange circumstances that change his mind.

adventurousromanticescapistlightheartedold-fashionedswashbucklingwhimsicalfast-paced

What happens

Karwan-E-Hayat is a 1935 Urdu/Hindi costume action-adventure film. The film is directed by Premankur Atorthy, with assistance by Hemchandra, for New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta; and it was produced by Lahore branch of New Theatres. The cast included K. L. Saigal, Rattan Bai, Pahari Sanyal, Rajkumari, Shyama Zutshi, Gul Hamid, Rajkumari, Molina, Shyama Zutshi, Siddiqi, Kapoor and Rana. The cinematographer was Krishna Gopal, with music composed by Mihir Kiran Bhattacharya and his brother Timir Baran Bhattacharya, with lyrics by Hakim Ahmad Shuja Pasha. The film, a costume drama, involved the Prince Pervez on the run from an arranged marriage to a princess, only to fall in love with her when they meet in unusual circumstances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?