Baghban (1938)
The naive Saroop (Nandrekar) romantically renounces earthly pleasures under the influence of a sadhu (Ashraf Khan). Arrested at a fairground and jailed, fellow convicts change his view of the world. Working in the prison’s garden, he meets the superintendent Sohanlal’s (Nazir) daughter Durga (Kumari), who was married as a child to a boy now believed dead. Ranjit (Singh) covets her and on her wedding day to the nasty Ranjit, it is discovered that Saroop was her child-husband.
Director: Abdul Rashid Kardar
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Bimala Kumari as Durga |
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B. Nandrekar as Saroop |
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Sitara Devi as |
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Vinita Butt as |
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Putli as |
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Yakub as |
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K.N. Singh as |
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Wasti as |
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Mirza Musharraf as |
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Nazir as |
| Directing | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Director |
| Production | Seth Shiraz Ali Hakim | Producer |
| Writing | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Writer |
| Writing | Begum Ansari | Writer |
| Sound | Mukhtar Hussain | Music |