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- This quasi-historical story is set in the fictional land of Tippera and features Queen Gunavati (Sulochana), King Govinda, Aparna the beggar girl (Zubeida) and the priest Raghupati who runs a Kali temple. The story addresses the conflict between reformist enlightenment and obsolete, inhuman ritual, questioning the contemporary validity of traditional rituals. The dramatic pivot is the conflict between the king who banned animal sacrifice, and the priest who calls for the king's own blood. Emotionally, the film revolves around the childless queen and a beggar girl whose pet goat has been taken for the sacrifice and who loves a servant in the temple.
- Gohar plays a dutiful wife whose husband refuses to take his share of the domestic responsibilities, claiming that he has enough problems at the office. Frustrated with his housewifely spouse, he takes up with a dancing-girl. The wife is spurred into an active social life, discovering a world beyond the confines of the home. The tale sought to tell modern women that they owed it to their husbands to be more than domestic drudges.
- The story revolves around the characters played by the actress Sulochana. Sulochana had eight separate roles in this film: a gardener, a policeman, a Hyderabadi gentleman, a street urchin, a European blonde, an old banana-seller and an expert pickpocket who gives her money to charity.
- This Rajput romance is about Commander Ambar of Ajaygarh who triumphs over neighbouring Ramgarh capturing its king and the beautiful Princess Rama (Gulab). Ambar falls for her but problems arise when the king of Ajaygarh wants to give his own daughter in marriage to the victorious commander. Ambar covertly helps Rama and her father escape but he is killed in the process and dies in Rama's arms. The major portion of the film deals with Ambar's imprisonment at the hands of his own patron, remaining seven days without food. Highlights include spectacular battle scenes.
- This message-oriented social tale was advertised as an excellent warning to the younger generation to beware of venereal diseases and take necessary precautions. It is a film about a man who gets venereal disease that not only brings ruin to himself but also to the innocent members of his family.
- Though Muraliwala begins with young Krishna playing flute to a herd of cows, his many pranks take a back seat to questions about an older, married devotee named Radha who neglects her duties responding to Krishna. The key moment in this philosophical debate over the nature of her love for Krishna, occurs when he commands her gaze and says, "You will attain me when you know me to be Omnipresent. Unless you learn to realize me in your husband Raman, you will not attain eternal happiness." Radha's husband and mother-in-law are also involved in the discussion, though Raman finds it difficult to control his doubts and jealousy concerning Radha's love for her playful tormentor. This classic tale resolves when Radha sees Raman and Krishna as one, and Raman receives Krishna's divine nature. Krishna goes to Kaliya's palace in the poisoned lake and conquers the serpent-king, to return on Kaliya's hood playing his flute again. Kaliya appears in both his forms, and Krishna is portrayed holding the four sacraments with his four arms. Raman lies down in submission before Krishna, and all is as it should be. Unlike other films based on the Bhagavata Purana, this film about Krishna's childhood comes from the Gita Govinda and Vaishnavite traditions, where the character Radha is important to the narrative.