Jailor (1958)
- Directed by
- Sohrab Modi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A jailor in India becomes a bitter and harsh man after his wife runs away with another man. The movie follows how his personal pain changes the way he treats the people around him.
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What happens
Jailor is a 1958 Hindi psychosocial melodrama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi. The film was a remake of Modi's earlier Jailor (1938). The production company was Minerva Movietone, with story and dialogue written by Kamal Amrohi. The additional dialogue was by O. P. Dutta and screenplay by J. K. Nanda. Music for the film was composed by Madan Mohan with lyrics by Rajendra Krishan. Sohrab Modi cast himself once again in the title role of the Jailor. The film co-starred Kamini Kaushal, Geeta Bali, Abhi Bhattacharya, Daisy Irani, Nana Palsikar, Eruch Tarapore and Pratima Devi. The story involved a Jailor played by Modi, whose wife Kamal (Kamini Kaushal) elopes with Dr. Ramesh, enacted by Abhi Bhattacharya, turning him into a bitter and tyrannical misogynist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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