Subah Ka Tara (1954)

Directed by

V. Shantaram

Genre

romance

Country

India

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young widow is pursued by a man who falls in love with her. However, social customs prevent their marriage and this drives him to madness.

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What happens

Subah Ka Tara (The Morning Star) is a 1954 Hindi social romantic film directed by V. Shantaram. The film was produced by Rajkamal Kalamandir and had story and dialogues by Shams Lucknavi. The director of photography was G. Balkrishna. It had music composed by C. Ramchandra and the lyricists were Noor Lakhnavi and Diwan Sharar. The title song "Chamka Chamka Subah Ka Tara" was one of the notable songs from this film. Rajshree appeared in her debut role as a child star. The cast included Pradeep Kumar, Jayshree, Amirbai Karnataki, Rajshree, Shakuntala Paranjpye and Naaz. Jayshree plays the role of a young widow pursued by a young man (Pradeep Kumar) who falls in love with her, but is unable to marry her due to societal norms and subsequently becomes insane. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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