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Lal Haveli (1944)

Lal Haveli poster
Directed by
K.B. Lall
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
British Raj
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
U
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A feudal patriarch in Northern India tries to keep up appearances despite financial troubles. His older daughter runs away with a soldier while his younger daughter falls in love with an ex-soldier's son.

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What happens

Lal Haveli (The Red Bungalow) is a Bollywood film. It was released on 15 December 1944. The film was directed by K. B. Lall, for whom it was a debut directorial venture. Lall had started his career playing a villain in Sohrab Modi's Bharosa (1940), and as a "storywriter" with the V. C. Desai directed film Radhika (1941), finally producing Savera (1942) directed by V. C. Desai, before turning his hand at direction with Lal Haveli. The film's story was written by R. S. Chowdhury with dialogues by Wajahat Mirza and Agha Jani Kashmiri. Music was composed by Mir Saheb with lyrics by Shums Lacknowi. Faredoon Irani was the chief cinematographer. The cast included Noor Jehan, Surendra, Yakub, Kanhaiyalal, Ulhas, Vatsala Kumtekar and Baby Meena Kumari playing the role of the younger Noor Jehan. The film is set in Northern India, and involves a feudal patriarch, who though facing monetary problems continues a pretense of the old days. His older daughter elopes with a soldier and the younger daughter is in love with the son of an ex-soldier living in the village. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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