Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1947)

Original title

समाज को बदल डालो

Directed by

Vijay Bhatt

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 13m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Indian social drama from 1947 argues for the right to divorce in mismatched marriages. It follows characters who seek to leave unhappy unions and choose their own partners instead.

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What happens

Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (Change This World) is a 1947 Indian Hindi social melodrama film directed by Vijay Bhatt. Produced under the Prakash Pictures banner, its music composer was Khemchand Prakash, with lyrics by Pandit Indra, Roopdas, and Qamar Jalalabadi. The story, screenplay and dialogues were by Pandit Girish. Its cinematographer was Yusuf Mulji and the film starred Arun Ahuja, Mridula, Yakub, Leela Pawar, Umakant and Bikram Kapoor. Bhatt's social film dealt with the issue of "mismatched" marriages and advocated divorce, setting a partner free in order to choose their own mate. Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1970) is a film of the same name directed by V. Madhusudan Rao and produced by Gemini, however it had no relation to the 1947 film, but was instead a remake of A. Vincent's award-winning Malayalam film, Thulabharam (1968). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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