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Ladies Only (1939)

Ladies Only poster
Directed by
Sarvottam Badami
Genre
comedy film
Country
British Raj
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three young women from different parts of British India meet by chance at a railway station. The film follows their developing friendship and the interactions that unfold between them.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbreezywarmquirkyupbeat

What happens

Ladies Only is a 1939 Indian Hindi-language social comedy film directed by Sarvottam Badami. Produced by Sagar Movietone, it had music by Anupam Ghatak and starred Surendranath, Sabita Devi, Bibbo and Prabha. This was the last comedy film made by Sarvottam Badami before he left Sagar Movietone. He joined his mentor Ambalal Patel, at Sudama Pictures to start making "socially relevant" films. The story involved three girls from different region (States) meeting at a railway station, and their relationship with each other thereafter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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