Swami (1941)
Kardar’s ultra-conservative ode to patriarchy tells of Binod (Jairaj) and Indira (Sitara Devi) who were married as children and never meet as adults. Indira grows into a ‘modern’ young woman while Binod, disinherited when his stepfather has a son, works in a distant village. Indira haughtily refuses a relationship with a pauper but she eventually realises her duties to her husband and goes to meet him disguised as Shanta, a beggar woman. Binod then falls in love with her, not realising she is in fact his wife.
Director:
Abdul Rashid Kardar
Writer:
Abdul Rashid Kardar
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Sitara Devi as Indira |
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P. Jairaj as Binod |
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Nazir as |
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Jeevan Dhar as |
| Directing | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Director |
| Writing | Munshi Premchand | Writer |
| Writing | Imtiaz Ali Taj | Writer |
| Writing | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Screenplay |
