The story of an unemployed graduate who falls in love with a woman who ran away from her cruel husband.
Acting
K.L. Saigal's soulful voice carries every heartbreak.
Direction
Barua's Devdas experience shapes this restrained tragedy.
Director
P.C. Barua
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was K.L. Saigal's first film with New Theatres after his explosive Devdas success, cementing his tragic-hero typecasting.
Released during British colonial rule, the film's unemployed protagonist reflected real Bengal famine-era desperation audiences intimately understood.
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