Geeta (1940)

गीता

Shankar abandons his religious wife Durga and takes their son Mohan into a life of crime. Years later, Durga raises her second son Kumar to be virtuous. When Mohan is arrested, he ends up being prosecuted by Kumar—his own brother—leading to a dramatic family reckoning and Mohan’s path to redemption.

Date of release
1940-10-05
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 43m
Director
Parshwanath Yeshwant Altekar

Casting

Interesting facts

Geeta is a Bollywood film directed by Parshwanath Yeshwant Altekar and starring Chandra Mohan, Durga Khote and Anant Marathe. It was released in 1940. The film produced under the Circo Productions banner was a bilingual made in Hindi and Marathi. The story was written by Minoo Katrak who in later films was to become a renowned sound recordist. The cinematographer was Gordhanbhai Patel and the film's music was composed by Datta Koregaonkar. It's dialogues and song lyrics were by S. K. Kallah with screenplay by Altekar. The rest of the cast included Trilok Kapoor, Ashalata, Vatsala Kumtekar and Baby Suman.

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