Jailor (1938)

Directed by

Sohrab Modi

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 30m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kind-hearted jailor becomes a cruel tyrant after his wife leaves him for another man. The story follows his transformation driven by personal betrayal.

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What happens

Jailor is a 1938 Hindustani psychosocial melodrama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi. Produced by Minerva Movietone, the story and lyrics were written by Kamal Amrohi and Ameer Haider with screenplay by J. K. Nanda. The film had music direction by Mir Sahib, while the cinematographer was Y. D. Sarpotdar. The film starred Sohrab Modi, Leela Chitnis, Sadiq Ali, Eruch Tarapore, Abu Bakar, Baby Kamala and Kusum Deshpande. The film shows the transformation of a tolerant, kind-hearted jailor into a ruthless, intolerant tyrant when his wife leaves him for another man. Modi in his psychodramas tended to use a "misogynist viewpoint" regarding problems in marriage. The role, as cited by Rishi, was "chillingly portrayed" by Sohrab Modi. The film was remade with the same title in 1958 with Modi playing the same role, that of the Jailor with a different supporting cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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