Bhabhi (1938)
भाभी
The film is family social drama, which deals with the issue of young widows. It put a special focus on the Indian society's attitude towards them, and society's bigoted approach to "man- woman relationships"
- Date of release
- 1938-01-01
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- Family, Drama
- Director
- Franz Osten
Casting
- P. Jairaj — Kishore
- Renuka Devi — Rebu
- Maya Devi — Bimala
- V. H. Desai — Renu's Father
- Rama Shukul — Anupam
- P.F. Pithawala — Professor
Interesting facts
Bhabhi (Sister-in-Law) is a 1938 social family drama Hindi film directed by Franz Osten. The film was based on a Bengali novel written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay called "Bisher Dhoan". Bandyopadhyay was a famous Bengali novelist and short story writer also known as the creator of the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi. The cinematographers were Wirsching and Pareenja. Dialogues and lyrics by J. S. Casshyap. V. H. Desai, the comedian, got his "big break" in Bhabhi when he joined Bombay Talkies. He became popular as the nervous father of the heroine Renuka Devi. S. N. Tripathi started his acting with a small role in the film. The film had the new found Renuka Devi in the lead.
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