Zindagi (1940)

Directed by

Pramathesh Barua

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unemployed university graduate named Ratan gets involved with Shrimati, a woman fleeing from her cruel husband. The story follows their relationship as he tries to help her escape her situation.

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What happens

Zindagi (transl. The Life) is a 1940 Indian film, directed by Pramathesh Barua and produced by Birendranath Sircar. Starring K. L. Saigal, Jamuna Barua, Pahari Sanyal, Shyam Laha, Sitara Devi, and Nemo, it revolves around Ratan, an unemployed university graduate, and his relationship with Shrimati, who is on the run from her cruel husband. Earning ₹55 lakhs net (valued at about ₹39.78 crore in 2009), Zindagi was the highest-grossing Indian film at the time of its release, before its record was broken by Khazanchi in 1941. The film has been described as one of Barua's "most beautiful films, and his last for New Theatres". It was the last film by Barua for New Theatres. Barua later married Jamuna as his second wife. This film was remade into Bengali as Priyo Bandhabi in 1943 and directed By Soumen Mukherjee. No copy of the film is known to exist, making it a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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