Underplayed Gems

Bhai Jaan (1945)

Bhai Jaan poster
Country
British Raj
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How it feels

Two brothers fall in love with the same dancing girl. This creates conflict in their family and leads to the girl taking poison to protect the family's honor.

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What happens

Bhai Jaan is a 1945 Bollywood film. It was released on 15 September 1945 in Bombay. Directed by Syed Khalil. The actors were Karan Dewan, Noor Jehan, Anees Khatoon, Meena Shorey, Shah Nawaz, Ansari and Nazir. It was a family drama, made under the banner of United Films. The print has been lost now. The film a Muslim social family drama, is about two brothers (Shah Nawaz and Karan Dewan) in love with a dancing girl (Noor Jehan), which disrupts their family life. It leads to the girl consuming poison in order to maintain the respectability of the brothers' family name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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