Underplayed Gems

Lakshmi Narayan (1951)

Lakshmi Narayan poster
Directed by
Nanabhai Bhatt
Country
India
Runtime
2h 27m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This 1951 film tells a story from Hindu mythology. Meena Kumari and Mahipal play the lead characters. It was made before Meena Kumari became famous in mainstream cinema.

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What happens

Laxmi Narayan is a 1951 Hindu mythological film directed by Nanabhai Bhatt starring Meena Kumari and Mahipal in lead roles. Meena Kumari, after her career as a child artist, started doing adult roles as heroines in mythological and fantasy films before she made it in mainstream cinema with Baiju Bawra (1952). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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