Pooja

Pooja (1940)

A. R. Kardar’s Pooja tells a disturbing story of two estranged sisters whose lives are fractured by a violent act of revenge and years of buried truths.

Data de estreia
1940-11-22
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Duração
3 h 11 min
Realizador
Abdul Rashid Kardar

Elenco

Curiosidades

Pooja (Worship) is a 1940 Indian Hindi/Urdu-language psychological drama film directed by A. R. Kardar. The music director was Anil Biswas, with lyrics by Khan Shatir Ghaznavi. Produced by National Studios, the story, screenplay and dialogue writer was M. Sadiq and the cinematographer was P. G. Kukde. The film starred Sardar Akhtar, Zahur Raja, Sitara Devi, Jyoti, Sankatha Prasad, Sunalini Devi, Bhudo Advani and Baby Meena.

Production

Pooja deals with the "shattering consequences of feudal sexual codes".

Kardar was interested in themes involving "sexual abnormality". He had earlier used the idea in his film Pagal, which dealt with a "psychotic doctor" given to sexual obsession.

Sitara's role of the unwed mother in the film was appreciated.

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