Pagal (1940)

Directed by

Abdur Rashid Kardar

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 22m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor working in a mental hospital loves a girl but ends up marrying her sister by mistake. His struggle with his feelings and his own descent into madness drive the story.

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What happens

Pagal is a 1940 Indian Hindi-language film. It was the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 1940. The psycho-social melodrama was directed by A. R. Kardar for Ranjit Movietone. Kardar also wrote the dialogues and story (with Kamal Amrohi) for the film. Khemchand Prakash composed the music with lyrics written by D. N. Madhok. The film's protagonist was Prithviraj Kapoor playing a doctor with psychological problems, working in a "lunatic asylum". The rest of the cast included Trilok Kapoor, Madhuri, Sitara Devi, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Khatoon, and Sunalini Devi. The film involves a doctor who loves a girl, but marries her sister due to an unfortunate coincidence. His treatment of his wife and the girl he loves, and his own eventual deterioration into insanity forms the basis of story. Prithviraj Kapoor's performance was appreciated by the critics and the audience, making the film a big commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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