Bahadur 1953

Bahadur is a 1953 Indian Bollywood costume film released on 1953. The film is directed by Ratibhai Punatar, produced by Chandulal J. Shah under banner named Ranjit Studios.
The girls were busy in the field and amongst them was Bahadur, the daughter of the Mukhia of motipur. Dewan Jorawars soldiers were passing that way. A stone hit one of the soldiers. Bahar was arrested . Other things were happening at Motipur. Dewan Jorawar was having arguments with the peasants about the state ownership of land. The peasants asserted their rights of ownership. The argument led to blows and Jorawar stabbed the Mukhia. Just then Bahar was brought over there. Jorawars heart missed a beat on seeing her. . Jorawar was keen on asserting the rights of the state. He took away some peasants with him as hostages on pain annihilation if the peasants did not accede to his views. . Nihal, brother of Bahar was a devotee of pleasure. He had a fascination for Gulab, the dancer the strained every nerve to satisfy her whims. The need for money to fulfil this desire of his made him join hands with Jorawar. This treacherous deed of her brother enraged Bahar who vowed that she would lead the peasants in their movement and would remain unmarried till Jorawar and his ideas disappeared from the face of the earth. Chetan organazied "Vanarasena" and joined her. . The king was only a puppet. Jorawar was the real ruler. Jorawar had the ultimate aim of becoming the king by marrying the princess who had a soft corner of Randheer, the commander of army. . The people of Motipur met in a cave to consider the situation arising out of the detention of farmers as hostages. None came forward to lead and none oculd offer a suggestion. The stalemate was solved by the appearance of a masked man. He offered to lead the revolt. He was hailed by the peoples as Bahadur, their leader. The masked man was none but Bahar. . Reports of the exploits of Bahadur began to pour into Jorawars ears. He decided to catch him, dead or alive. . One day the princess went to a temple accompanied by Randheer and the bodygurads. Bahadur came there when Randheer was away. On seeing him the bodyguards took to thier heels. On Bahadurs demand the princess handed over all the ornaments to him. As an explanation of his attitude, Bahadur told her that he had nothing against the king and that he desired to bring to book the sins of Jorawar and punish him. So saying he disappeared. . Randheer, who was strolling on the bank of the river saw the clothes of Bahadur. He looked round to find out their wearer. He saw Bahar bathing in the river. He asked her to come out of the river and force to her to put on Bahadurs costumes. His efforts to pump out information about Bahadur from her proved of no avail. But cupid took possession both of them. They fell in love with each other. . Jorawar decided to crush the revolt of the peasants by using Nihal as his tool. He made him the Mukhia. Bahadur challenged the decision declared that he would personally see the king to settle this matter. Jorawar saw in this opportunity to capture Bahadur. . Bahar managed to slip in the palace. Randheer spotted her and on hearing the approaching footsteps of soldiers, he asked her to hide herself. Utlizing this goldsent opportunity, Bahar changed her dress and went to the Princess room disguised as Bahadur. From there he went to the Darbar and picked up the "sanad" that was to be granted Nihal and went away. . Exasperated, Jorawar offered a prize of Rs. 5000/- for information leading to Bahadurs arrest. Chetan was arrested. All this cruel attempts to wring out information about Bahadur from his proved futile as Bahadur came to Chetans rescue. . The princess learnt that her beloved Randheer loved Bahar. When she confronted Randheer with this information, he told her that he was only feigning love to draw out from Bahar information about the activities of Bahadur. The princess passed on this information to Bahadur. Poor Bahar was broken hearted. [Source: Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Bahadur.