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Cast
| Devika Rani | ... |
Kasturi
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| Ashok Kumar | ... |
Pratap
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Monorama | ... |
Meera
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Kajri
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Kamta Prasad | ... |
Dukhia
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Kusum Kumari | ... |
Kalyani
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Anwari | ... |
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P.F. Pithawala | ... |
Mohan
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Kishori Lal | ... |
Babulal
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Ishrat | ... |
Sukhlal
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N.M. Joshi | ... |
Police Inspector
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Khosla | ... |
Patient
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Mumtaz Ali | ... |
Dancer
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Sunita Devi | ... |
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Najam Naqvi | ... |
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Directed by
| Franz Osten | ||
Written by
| J.S. Casshyap | ... | (dialogue) |
| Niranjan Pal | ... | (dialogue) |
| Niranjan Pal | ... | (screenplay) |
| Niranjan Pal | ... | (story) |
| Himanshu Rai | ... | (story) (as Himansu Rai) |
Produced by
| Himanshu Rai | ... | producer (as Himansu Rai) |
| Devika Rani | ... | producer |
Music by
| Saraswati Devi | ||
Cinematography by
| Josef Wirsching | ||
Editing by
| D.N. Pai | ... | (as Dattaram N Pai) |
Production Design by
| Karl von Spreti | ||
Set Decoration by
| Karl von Spreti | ||
Costume Design by
| H.K. Khosla | ||
Production Management
| N.R. Acharya | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
| S.B. Vacha | ... | sound |
Thanks
| Brahmadev Dube | ... | in memory of |
| Seth Badriprasad Dube | ... | grateful thanks |
Production Companies
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Other Companies
- Bombay Talkies Gharana (management)
- Bombay Talkies Laboratories (Lab)
- Bombay Talkies Legacy (management)
- Bombay Talkies Pictures (management)
- Bombay Talkies Studios (management)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A circular story, told in flashback, in which eternal repetition is only interrupted by death in the form of a relentlessly linear railway engine. The film opens at a railway crossing where a man is about to kill his wife when the narrative spins into the past via a song. The central story is of the unhappy love affair between Kasturi, the Harijan (Untouchable) daughter of the railway level-crossing guard Dukhia, and Pratap, the Brahmin son of the grocer Mohan. At first, rumor and mob violence are deployed to lethal effect in order to maintain a 'traditional', oppressive morality. Later, when the main protagonists are about to conform and marry selected partners, rumor and maliciousness again intervene to trigger renewed violence until the on-rushing train of fate stops the strife. Written by Sujit R. Varma |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Ashok Kumar's Kurta's became style statement for young men. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Celluloid Man (2012). See more » |