Pagal (1940)
A psychiatrist spirals into madness after being tricked into marrying the wrong sister. When his obsession with her sibling grows, he uses his medical authority to turn her insane and imprison her within his own asylum.
- Date of release
- 1940-07-05
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Director
- Abdul Rashid Kardar
Casting
- Prithviraj Kapoor — Dr. Vasant
- Madhuri — Parvati
- Khatun — Chhaya
- Sitara Devi
- Trilok Kapoor
- Chandrakant Mandhre
- Noor Mohammad Charlie
- Yakub
Interesting facts
Pagal is a 1940 Indian Hindi-language film. It was the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 1940. The psycho-social melodrama was directed by A. R. Kardar for Ranjit Movietone. Kardar also wrote the dialogues and story for the film. Khemchand Prakash composed the music with lyrics written by D. N. Madhok. The film's protagonist was Prithviraj Kapoor playing a doctor with psychological problems, working in a "lunatic asylum". The rest of the cast included Trilok Kapoor, Madhuri, Sitara Devi, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Khatoon, and Sunalini Devi.
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