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Baghban

Baghban

1938 2h 39m

The naive Saroop (Nandrekar) romantically renounces earthly pleasures under the influence of a sadhu (Ashraf Khan). Arrested at a fairground and jailed, fellow convicts change his view of the world. Working in the prison’s garden, he meets the superintendent Sohanlal’s (Nazir) daughter Durga (Kumari), who was married as a child to a boy now believed dead. Ranjit (Singh) covets her and on her wedding day to the nasty Ranjit, it is discovered that Saroop was her child-husband.

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The naive Saroop (Nandrekar) romantically renounces earthly pleasures under the influence of a sadhu (Ashraf Khan). Arrested at a fairground and jailed, fellow convicts change his view of the world. Working in the prison’s garden, he meets the superintendent Sohanlal’s (Nazir) daughter Durga (Kumari), who was married as a child to a boy now believed dead. Ranjit (Singh) covets her and on her wedding day to the nasty Ranjit, it is discovered that Saroop was her child-husband.

Behind it

Abdul Rashid KardarAbdul Rashid KardarDirectorBegum AnsariWriter

Cast

Bimala KumariDurga
B. NandrekarSaroop
Sitara DeviSitara Devi
Vinita Butt
Putli
Yakub
K.N. SinghK.N. Singh
Wasti
Mirza Musharraf
Nazir

Director

Abdul Rashid Kardar

Writers

Abdul Rashid Kardar, Begum Ansari

Release date

16 Jul 1938

Runtime

2h 39m

Studio

General Films

Country

India

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