Garmil (1942)
Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.
Director:
Nirendranath Lahiri
Writer:
Nirendranath Lahiri
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Chhabi Biswas as Mukherjee |
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Tulsi Chakraborty as Jamidar's uncle |
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Jahar Ganguly as Santosh Chatterjee |
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Kanu Bannerjee as Nilmani Ghatak |
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Ratin Banerjee as Prof. Ghosal |
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Jogesh Choudhury as Madhab Thakur |
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Sheila Haldar as Malati |
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Indu Mukherjee as Jamidar |
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Satya Mukherjee as |
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Prabhadevi as Shanta |
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Robin Majumdar as Robi |
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Suprova Mukerjee as Rabi's Mother |
| Directing | Nirendranath Lahiri | Director |
| Crew | Ajoy Kar | Cinematography |
| Writing | Nripendra Krishna Chattopadhyay | Writer |
| Sound | Kamal Dasgupta | Music |
| Sound | Robin Majumdar | Playback Singer |
| Art | Tarak Bose | Art Direction |
| Editing | Santosh Ganguly | Editor |
| Writing | Pranab Roy | Lyricist |
| Writing | Nirendranath Lahiri | Screenplay |