Prithvi Vallabh

Prithvi Vallabh (1943)

The story revolves around two kings, Prithvi Vallabh (Munj) of Avantipur who is kind and just, and Tailap, a neighboring king who is cruel. With the help of his sister Mrinalvati (Durga Khote) and another neighbouring king Bhillam (K. N. Singh), Tailap manages to capture Prithvi Vallabh. The rest of the film follows incidents following his captivity.

Date of release
1943-01-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Drama
Director
Sohrab Modi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Prithivivallabh

Prithvi Vallabh is an Indian historical drama film directed by Sohrab Modi. Made under the Minerva Movietone banner it was released in 1943. It had music by Rafiq Ghaznavi and Saraswati Devi with lyrics by Pandit Sudershan who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues. The film starred Sohrab Modi, Durga Khote, Sankatha Prasad, Kajjanbai, Meena Shorey, Sadiq Ali, K. N. Singh and Al Nasir.

Production

The film was a remake of 1924 silent film Prithvi Vallabh by Manilal Joshi. The story is an adaptation of K. M. Munshi's book Prithivivallabh written in 1920.

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