Sasural (1941 film) explained

Sasural
Director:Chaturbhuj Doshi
Producer:Ranjit Movietone
Music:Gyan Dutt
Cinematography:G. G. Gogate
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Sasural is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1941.[1] [2] The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Movietone. The story was by Gunvantrai Acharya with dialogues by R. S. Rammyae. Cinematographer was G. G. Gogate with audiography by C. K. Trivedi. Gyan Dutt was the music director, with lyrics by D. N. Madhok.[3] The cast included Motilal, Madhuri, Nurjehan, Miss Iqbal, Kantilal, Tarabai, Bhagwandas, and Urmila.[4]

The film was a romantic comedy about wrongful identification of a groom by his wife-to-be in a household consisting of a father, step-mother step-son some friends and several servants.

Cast

Review

The comedy came from gags which according to the review, "intellectuals would like to forget as stupid", turned out to be the major source of entertainment in the film. Motilal was cited to be good "Motilal scores with ease", and "is the main item of acting in the whole picture". The actress Nur Jehan (not to be confused with singer-actress Noor Jehan) was praised for her singing and acting abilities as the maid "gives quite a thrilling bit of work as the maid".

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Gyan Dutt and notable songs sung by Rajkumari were, "Ik Meethi Nazar Banke" and "Woh Apna Jadu Nigahon Se Azma Rahe Hai".[5] The lyricist was D. N. Madhok and the singers were Motilal, Kantilal, Rajkumari, Nur Jehan, Brijmala, Miss Iqbal.[6]

Songlist

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sasural (1941). Gomolo.com. 23 July 2012.
  2. Book: Rajadhyaksha. Ashish. Willemen. Paul. Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. registration. 23 July 2012. 1999. British Film Institute.
  3. Patel. Baburao. Our Review-Sasural. Filmindia. December 1941. 7. 11. 41. 26 August 2015. Sasural-A Down-Town Entertainment.
  4. Web site: Sasural 1941. citwf.com. Alan Goble. 26 August 2015.
  5. Book: Ashok Damodar Ranade. Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries. 26 August 2015. 1 January 2006. Bibliophile South Asia. 978-81-85002-64-4. 189–.
  6. Web site: Sasural 1941. hindigeetmala.net. Hindi Geetmala. 26 August 2015.