Hamari Betiyan (1936)

Directed by

Rama Shankar Choudhury

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 34m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film follows Radha as she suffers hardships and then seeks revenge on those who wronged her. The story shows the struggles and eventual retribution of a woman in 1930s India.

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What happens

Hamari Betiyan also called Our Darling Daughters is a 1936 social Hindi film directed by R. S. Chowdhary. It was produced by Ardeshir Irani under his Imperial Film Company banner. The film starred Rose, Kumar, Pramila, Mubarak, Jilloobai, Baba Vyas and Baby Shri. Rose co-starred with her cousin Pramila who had started acting in films from 1935 with Ardeshir Irani's Imperial Film Company's Return Of Toofan Mail (1935). The story of Hamari Betiyan is about the travails of Radha and her subsequent revenge against the people who caused her grief and anguish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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