Prarthana (1943)

Directed by

Sarvottam Badami

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A woman returns to acting after a long break. She becomes part of a social drama that explores family and prayer themes.

sentimentalmusicalfamily-centeredmildly dramaticnostalgictraditionalmeasuredemotional

What happens

Prarthana (transl. Prayer) is a 1943 Indian Hindi-language social film directed by Sarvottam Badami for Sohrab Modi's Minerva Movietone. The music director was Saraswati Devi and the lyricist was Safdar Aah Sitapuri. Having worked for Madan Theatres Ltd and Sagar Movietone in the 1930s, the famous singer and actress Kajjanbai returned to work after a hiatus of four years working for studios like Minerva Movietone. Prarthana is cited as "probably" her last film before her death in 1945. The film starred Motilal, Kajjanbai, Sabita Devi, Sajjan, Nimabalkar, K. N. Singh, Sadat Ali, Mehboob Khan and Abu Bakar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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