I have watched this movie. It is actually neighbours and not sisters. In Hinduism marriages between children of sisters is prohibited and your such wrong mention is derogatory. I have saved you guys. |
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[[File:Prem Kahani, 1937.webm|thumb|''Prem Kahani'']] | [[File:Prem Kahani, 1937.webm|thumb|''Prem Kahani'']] | ||
'''''Prem Kahani''''' (English: "Love Story") is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1937|1937]] [[Bollywood|Hindi]] film, by [[Franz Osten]] and starring [[Ashok Kumar]], N.M. Joshi, Mayadevi, Vimala Devi, Madhurika Devi and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/CKM/info |title=Film related information on |publisher=Indiancine.ma |date=1937-05-14 |access-date=2014-06-03}}</ref> | '''''Prem Kahani''''' (English: "Love Story") is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1937|1937]] Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]] film, by [[Franz Osten]] and starring [[Ashok Kumar]], N.M. Joshi, Mayadevi, Vimala Devi, Madhurika Devi and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/CKM/info |title=Film related information on |publisher=Indiancine.ma |date=1937-05-14 |access-date=2014-06-03}}</ref> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
<!--CAST IN ORDER OF THE OPENING CREDITEDS OF THE FILM--> | <!--CAST IN ORDER OF THE OPENING CREDITEDS OF THE FILM--> | ||
*N.M.Joshi as Father | *N. M.Joshi as Father | ||
*Bilqis as Mother | *Bilqis as Mother | ||
*Aloka as Ratanbai, the daughter | *Aloka as Ratanbai, the daughter | ||
*M.Nazir as Chandrakanta | *M.Nazir as Chandrakanta | ||
*Kamta Prasad as Priest | *Kamta Prasad as [[Hindu priest|Priest]] | ||
*Tarabai Solanki as Heera | *Tarabai Solanki as Heera | ||
*Saroj Borkar as Shanti | *Saroj Borkar as Shanti | ||
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*Sunita Devi as Ms. Indira | *Sunita Devi as Ms. Indira | ||
*Mumtaz Ali as Mr. Sharma | *Mumtaz Ali as Mr. Sharma | ||
*Madhurika Devi as Usha | *Madhurika Devi as Usha | ||
*Ahteramuddin | *Ahteramuddin | ||
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Khorshed Minocher-Homji aka [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]], one of the few female composers of Hindi cinema, composed music for this film. | Khorshed Minocher-Homji aka [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]], one of the few female composers of Hindi cinema, composed music for this film. | ||
Writer [[Niranjan Pal|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/kalidasatranslat00kali |title=Ryder's Kumarasambhava translation at |date=2011-06-30 |access-date=2014-06-03}}</ref> | Writer [[Niranjan Pal|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 W. Ryder|Arthur Ryder]]'s 1912 translation of [[Kalidasa]]’s ''[[Kumarasambhava]]'' or ''The Birth of the War-God''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/kalidasatranslat00kali |title=Ryder's Kumarasambhava translation at |date=2011-06-30 |access-date=2014-06-03}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1937 films]] | [[Category:1937 films]] | ||
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[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | [[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]] | [[Category:Indian romantic drama films]] | ||
[[Category:1937 romantic drama films]] | [[Category:1937 romantic drama films]] | ||
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| Prem Kahani | |
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| Directed by | Franz Osten |
| Produced by | Himanshu Rai |
| Written by | Niranjan Pal |
| Starring | Ashok Kumar N.M. Joshi Mayadevi Vimala Devi Madhurika Devi |
| Music by | Saraswati Devi |
| Cinematography | Joseph Wirsching |
| Edited by | Dattaram Pai |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Prem Kahani (English: "Love Story") is a 1937 Indian Hindi film, by Franz Osten and starring Ashok Kumar, N.M. Joshi, Mayadevi, Vimala Devi, Madhurika Devi and others.[1]
Plot[edit | edit source]
Two widowed neighbours thwart a love match when they try to arrange marriages for their respective children.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Film related information on". Indiancine.ma. 14 May 1937. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ "Ryder's Kumarasambhava translation at". 30 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Prem Kahani on IMDb
- Watch Prem Kahani film entirely annotated with archival material at Indiancine.ma
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