President (1937)
Badi Bahen aka President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film (the Bengali version was called Didi and starred several different actors). The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an idea by M. M. Begg. It was a love triangle with a social content that highlighted the conditions of the mill workers. It was also the first film to show a liberated educated woman managing her own factory
Director: Nitin Bose
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K.L. Saigal as Prakash |
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Leela Desai as Sheila |
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Devbala as Prakash's sister |
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Kamaleshkumari as Prabhavati |
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Nawab as Dinanath |
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Jagdish Sethi as Dr Shethy |
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Vikram Kapoor as Kakababu |
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Shabbi Ali as Gopal |
| Directing | Nitin Bose | Director |
| Writing | Nitin Bose | Writer |
| Sound | Rai Chand Boral | Music |
| Sound | Pankaj Mullick | Music |
| Crew | Nitin Bose | Cinematography |
