Andhare Alo (1922)

Original title

আঁধারে আলো

Directed by

Naresh Mitra, Sisir Bhaduri

Genre

silent film

Country

British Raj

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Satyendra marries an eleven-year-old bride due to family obligations, then abandons her to pursue a relationship with a mature courtesan. The film is a silent love triangle set in early 20th century Bengal.

melodramaticromanticemotionalslow-pacednostalgictragicclassical

What happens

Andhare Alo (Beam of Light) also called The Influence of Love was a 1922 silent film from the Bengali Film industry and a debut production from the Taj Mahal Films, Calcutta. Based on a short story of the same name "Andhare Alo" (Beam of Light) by Saratchandra Chatterjee, it was directed by Sisir Bhaduri and Naresh Mitra. The cinematographer was Noni Gopal Sanyal. The cast included Sisir Kumar Bhaduri, Naresh Mitra, Jogesh Choudhury and Durga Rani. The film was appreciated by the critics for its melodramatic content and was claimed to be a "huge hit" at the box-office. The story focuses on a love triangle, where the man Satyendra, marries due to family obligations and then leaves his eleven-year-old young bride called Radharani behind, and gets involved with a more mature and modern courtesan. The film is cited as one of the earliest to feature a dancing girl as one end of a triangle in Indian cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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