Prem Kahani (1937 film)
| Prem Kahani | |
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| Directed by | Franz Osten |
| Written by | Niranjan Pal |
| Produced by | Himanshu Rai |
| Starring | Ashok Kumar N.M. Joshi Mayadevi Vimala Devi Madhurika Devi |
| Cinematography | Joseph Wirsching |
| Edited by | Dattaram Pai |
| Music by | Saraswati Devi |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | British Raj |
| Language | Hindi |
Prem Kahani (English: "Love Story") is a 1937 Hindi film, by Franz Osten and starring Ashok Kumar, N.M. Joshi, Mayadevi, Vimala Devi, Madhurika Devi and others.[1]
Plot
Two widowed sisters thwart a love match when they try to arrange marriages for their respective children.
Cast
- N.M.Joshi as Father
- Bilqis as Mother
- Aloka as Ratanbai, the daughter
- M.Nazir as Chandrakanta
- Kamta Prasad as Priest
- Tarabai Solanki as Heera
- Saroj Borkar as Shanti
- Maya Devi as Maya
- Ashok Kumar as Jagat
- P.F.Pithawala as Bhagwandas
- Vimala Devi as Ramla
- Chandraprabha as Ms. Prabha
- Manohar Ghatwai as Motilal
- Sunita Devi as Ms. Indira
- Mumtaz Ali as Mr. Sharma
- Madhurika Devi as Usha
- Ahteramuddin
Production
Bombay Talkies produced two films in 1937, Jeevan Prabhat and Prem Kahani. This is also Bombay Talkies' eighth film since the studio was founded in 1934.
Khorshed Minocher-Homji aka Saraswati Devi, one of the few female composers of Hindi cinema, composed music for this film.
Writer Niranjan Pal's original title for the English-language story and screenplay was 'Touchstone' or 'Marriage Market', indicating a shorthand version of the film's theme. The verse that Pal uses as a mood reference for one of the songs in the film is from Arthur Ryder's 1912 translation of Kalidasa’s Kumarasambhava or The Birth of the War-God.[2]
References
- ^ "Film related information on". Indiancine.ma. 14 May 1937. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Ryder's Kumarasambhava translation at". Archive.org. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
External links
- Prem Kahani at IMDb
- Watch Prem Kahani film entirely annotated with archival material at Indiancine.ma
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