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Pujarin (1936)

Pujarin poster
Genre
drama film
Country
British Raj
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How it feels

A reckless young man marries for money and abandons his wife. He later returns as an aristocrat and reforms through his wife's love.

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What happens

Pujarin is a 1936 Hindi social film. It was directed by Prafulla Roy for International Film Craft. The film was based on a story by writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay from his story "Dena Paona". The film was the remake of the Bengali film Dena Paona directed by Premankur Atorthy. The music direction was by Timir Baran with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan and Kidar Sharma.The film starred K. L. Saigal, Chandrabati Devi, K. C. Dey, Pahari Sanyal and Rajkumari. The story is about a reckless immoral youth who marries for money then deserts his wife due to circumstances, only to return as an aristocrat and reform through the love of his wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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