Chingari (1940)

Directed by

Sarvottam Badami

Country

British Raj

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married woman is kicked out of her husband's home because her in-laws think her mother has a bad reputation. She moves in with her brother, who cannot afford to support her. The story follows her husband's attempts to bring her back.

emotionaldramatictensemelancholicsocially chargedslow-burnfamily conflictserious

What happens

Chingari (transl. Embers) is a 1940 social Hindi film directed by Sarvottam Badami. Made under the banner of Sudama Productions, the film had music by Gyan Dutt. Prithviraj Kapoor shifted from New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta to Bombay, where he worked under Badami in two films, Sajani and Chingari both made in 1940. The cast included Prithviraj Kapoor, Sabita Devi, E. Billimoria, Meera, Khatoon and Keshavrao Date. The story was about a married woman who has been turned out of her husband's house by her in-laws citing her mother's supposedly bad reputation. She goes to live with her brother, who is financially not in a state to support her. The later scenes focus on attempts at reconciliation by her husband. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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