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Swapna (1942)

Swapna poster
Directed by
Zia Sarhadi
Country
British Raj
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man grapples with his past and his relationships in pre-independence India. The film follows his emotional journey and the choices he makes.

melancholicslow-burndramaticemotionalintrospectiveclassicpoignantbittersweetrestrained

What happens

Zia Sarhadi (Urdu: ضیا سرحدی; born Fazl-e-Qadir Sethi 1914 in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province – 27 January 1997 in Karachi, Sindh) was an Indian and Pakistani screenwriter and director in the Indian film industry, whose career spanned what is widely considered the Golden Age of Indian Cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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