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Didi (1937)

Directed by Nitin Bose

Romance, Drama, Music · 2h 14m

A famous Saigal musical narrating a strange love story set against 1930s industrialization and worker-management relations. The 16-year-old Prabhavati inherits a mill and turns it into an extremely profitable enterprise. Prakash is a worker who designs a more efficient machine for the factory for which he first gets sacked and then is re-employed. He falls in love with Prabhavati's sister Sheila, who later makes way for Prabhavati who is also in love with Prakash. Her withdrawal distresses Prakash, causing him to bully the workers who then go on strike.

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Cast

K.L. Saigal
L
Leela Desai Devbala Durgadas Bandyopadhyay
A
Amar Mullick Bhanu Banerjee
I
Indu Mukherjee Chandrabati Devi
P
Prabha

Crew

Director
Nitin Bose
Original Music Composer
Rai Chand Boral, Pankaj Mullick

Details

Release date
1937-03-20
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Romance, Drama, Music
Original language
BN
Countries
India
Production
New Theatres Limited