Nartaki (1940)

Directed by

Debaki Bose

Genre

drama, music, romance

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In sixteenth century India, a courtesan uses her relationship with a king to get revenge on a priest who insulted her. The film is a costume drama from the British Raj era.

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What happens

Nartaki (Dancer) is a 1940 film directed by Debaki Bose for New Theatres Ltd, Calcutta. A bilingual made in Hindi and in Bengali, it had story and screenplay written by Bose, with cinematography by Yusuf Mulji. Music was composed by Pankaj Mullick. The cast had actress Leela Desai playing the title role of Nartaki. Najam also called Najam-Ul-Hasain or Najmul Hussain had left Bombay Talkies following his affair and elopement with Devika Rani, had now joined New Theatres Ltd, where he was cast in films like Anath Ashram (1937), Dushman (1939), Kapal Kundala (1939), and Nartaki. The rest of the main cast included Jagdish Sethi, Wasti and Pankaj Mullick in the Hindi version. The story was a sixteenth century period costume drama about a courtesan who with the help of the king tries to avenge her insult against the priest of a temple monastery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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