Jeevan Prabhat (1937)

Directed by

Franz Osten

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 24m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is sent back to her father's home after her husband remarries because she cannot have children. Her friendship with a childhood friend who is a Harijan leads to conflict with her husband and society.

socially consciousmelodramaticearneststagedperiod piecedatedslowconventional

What happens

Jeevan Prabhat (Dawn Of Life) is a 1937 Hindi film social drama, produced by Bombay Talkies and directed by Franz Osten. The music director was Saraswati Devi with lyrics and dialogues by J. S. Casshyap. The screenplay was by Niranjan Pal. The film's "star value" was Devika Rani, with Kishore Sahu making his debut as an actor in the film. The cast included another debutant, Renuka Devi, with Mumtaz Ali, Maya Devi and M. Nazir. The film deals with the social evils of the caste system, and remarriage. Uma is sent back to her father's home after her husband remarries, as she is unable to bear children. Her renewed friendship with a childhood friend, Ramu, a Harijan, brings censure and misunderstanding from her husband and society. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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