Baadbaan (1954)

Directed by

Phani Majumdar

Genre

drama, family

Country

India

Runtime

2h 25m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman find love and shelter during a storm. They navigate personal struggles and societal pressures in mid-20th century India.

romanticdramaticemotionalclassicheartfelttendernostalgichopeful

What happens

BaadBaan (lit. 'Shelter from the storm') is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Phani Majumdar and produced by the Bombay Talkies Workers' Industrial Cooperative Society Limited. Baad means storm and Baan means keeping or safeguarding. The film stars Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar and Usha Kiran in lead roles. The music score was composed by Timir Baran and S.K. Pal, the lyrics were written by Indivar and Udhav Kumar and the dances were choreographed by Shanti Bhardan. The film premiered on Friday, 18 June 1954, to packed houses at the Roxy and various other theatres in Bombay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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