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Nartaki
Roop Kumari (Leela Desai) a famous court dancer is forbidden entry into a temple monastery run by a strict disciplinarian Priest. The cast listed here is for the Hindi version, there is also a Bengali version with a different cast, but same director and release year.
Punar Milan
A quarrel at a birthday party ends in a guest’s death, and the son takes the blame to protect his father. Fleeing to the city, he struggles until a street dancer helps him, and the two grow close. A chance encounter between the dancer and the man’s sister sets off events involving love, misunderstandings, and the eventual unveiling of the truth.
Devdas
Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as remorse drives him to alcohol, Devdas meets Chandramukhi, a tawaif.
Devdas
Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as remorse drives him to alcohol, Devdas meets Chandramukhi, a prostitute. All Indian prints of this Bengali version were destroyed in a fire that ravaged New Theatre’s studios. Today, only one copy of the film survives which belongs to the Bangladesh Film Archives. Of that copy almost forty percent is destroyed.
Finishing School
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.
Shirin Farhad
India's second sound film beautifully narrates the ancient Persian love story of Shirin and Farhad from Nizami Ganjavi's Shahnameh. Farhad, a gifted sculptor, falls deeply in love with Queen Shirin. King Khusro, wishing to keep them apart, tasks Farhad with an impossible feat: demolishing the mighty Besutun mountain on his own. Despite the immense challenge, Farhad's unwavering love drives him. The film concludes with their poignant union in death, as Shirin's tomb miraculously opens to receive him.
Interrupted Lovers
“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)
MissMatch
MissMatch is a Kannada language cinema made in India. It is a family entertainer. In the lush small-town heart of Malnad, Akash refuses to trade his roots for a life in Bengaluru, determined to build something of his own on his land. Meghana, on the other hand, dreams of breaking free from her hometown, chasing independence in the city while searching for her ideal partner. When fate brings these two opposites together, what begins as innocent love soon turns into a clash of choices, ambitions, and ego. When we feel everything is over, families step in, turning everything upside down. What follows is a whirlwind of misunderstandings, chaos, and hilarious drama, unfolding through a heartwarming family entertaining journey.
