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Ghar Ki Izzat (1948)

Ghar Ki Izzat poster
Directed by
Ram Daryani
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A son tries to manage tensions between his mother and wife in a joint family. He becomes an alcoholic as the situation at home worsens.

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What happens

Ghar Ki Izzat (lit. 'Honour of the House') is a 1948 Hindi drama film directed by Ram Daryani for Murli Movietone. The film starred Dilip Kumar and Mumtaz Shanti in lead roles with Manorama, Jeevan and Gope. The cinematography was by Kumar Jayawant. Music was composed by Pundit Gobindram. The story writer was K. S. Daryani and the dialogue and lyrics were by I. C. Kapoor. The milieu is an upper middle-class joint family, with the mother treating her son's wife shabbily. The son, an educated man working as a lawyer, is unable to handle the situation at home and turns to drink. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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