Jagirdar

Jagirdar (1937)

The follow-up to Manmohan (1936) again starred Surendra and Bibbo. She is Neela, he plays Jagirdar Surendra. They secretly marry and have a child. When Jagirdar is presumed dead in a shipwreck, the child is considered illegitimate. The poor peasant Shripat (Pande) helps Neela by marrying her and raising her son Ramesh (Motilal). The husband eventually returns and violently quarrels with Shripat about who ‘owns’ Neela. When the villain Banwarilal kills Shripat, the husband is framed for the killing. The real problem, however, is the son’s rejection of his father, solved when together they face the gangsters in Narayanlal’s (Yakub) den.

Data lansării
1937-04-02
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Durată
2 h 46 min
Regizor
Mehboob Khan

Distribuție

Curiozități

Jagirdar (Landlord) is a 1937 Hindi romantic melodrama film directed by Mehboob Khan, and starring Bibbo, Motilal, Surendra, Yakub, Pande, Sankatha Prasad, Pesi Patel and Maya Banerjee.

Production

The film had a strong Hollywood influence and the murder mystery was reminiscent of Hitchcock films. The film starred Motilal as the newcomer Surendra's son. Motilal's "casual style of acting" was appreciated by critics. The directors of photography were Keki Mistry and Faredoon Irani.

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