Teen Sau Din Ke Baad (1938)

Directed by

Sarvottam Badami

Genre

comedy film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

3h

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bored young millionaire who is sick from his lavish habits bets his doctor that he can survive without his money. He sets out into the world to make his own way.

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What happens

Teen Sau Din Ke Baad (transl. 300 Days Later) is a 1938 Indian social comedy film directed by Sarvottam Badami. The film was produced by Sagar Movietone, with story written by Babubhai A. Mehta and dialogue by Wajahat Mirza and Waqif. The music was composed by Anil Biswas with lyrics by Zia Sarhadi. The director of photography was Faredoon Irani and the film starred Bibbo, Motilal, Sabita Devi, Yakub, Pesi Patel and Gulzar. The film had Motilal playing the role of "a young bored millionaire", who due to his intemperate life-style starts falling ill. He bets with his doctor that he can go out in the world and manage to exist without his wealth. This was Badami's first comedy film and it was a success at the box-office; he went on to direct two more comedies after this, Aap Ki Marzi (1939) and Ladies Only (1939), also successes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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