We Three

We Three (1938)

Mehboob presents the autonomous passion of Leela (Rose) for Moti (Motilal) who is promised to another woman, Bina (Maya). Leela is portrayed as irresponsible and impulsive as she acknowledges her desire for Moti and has a child by him. Bina then releases Moti from his promise. Moti suffers when he is told by Bina’s father (Sankantha) that she is dead, while Leela’s father (Pande) enjoins his daughter to commit suicide if Moti does not marry her. In spite of the film’s endorsement of ‘traditional’, lethally oppressive patriarchal mores, incarnated by the women’s fathers, Mehboob’s narrative at least dares to depict a woman who refuses to feel guilty about her desire.

Director: Mehboob Khan

Casts

	Motilal as Moti
	Maya Banerjee as Bina
	Rose as Leela
	Yakub as
	Bhudo Advani as
	Harish as
	Sankatha as Bina's Father
	Pande as Leela's Father
	Sunalini Devi as

Crew