Lagan (1941)

Directed by

Nitin Bose

Genre

drama, romance

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 30m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poet is in love with a woman who marries a wealthy man. This creates a romantic conflict between the three people.

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What happens

Lagan is a 1941 Indian Hindi language film. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1941. The film was directed by Nitin Bose for New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta. The film was a bilingual with K. L. Saigal and Kanan Devi acting as the lead in its Bengali language version, Porichoy. The music for both versions was by R. C. Boral. This was the last film Saigal did for New Theatres, Calcutta, before his move to Bombay to make films for different studios there. The film was a romantic triangle involving a poet, his beloved, and her wealthy husband. A theme, which was later followed by Guru Dutt, for his film, Pyaasa (1956). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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