Story, Synopsis, Trivia, Dialogues for Doctor Madhurika (1935)

Doctor Madhurika is a 1935 Indian Bollywood film released on 1935. Dr. Madhurika (Sabita) is a "modern" young woman dedicated to her profession who advocate birth control to limit population growth. She marries Narendra (Motilal) on condition that he foregoes children, and does not interfere with her practice or with her choice of friend. The film then presents her as neglecting her home and provoking her husbands jealousy with her relationship with a smarmy colleague, Dr Gaurish (Patel). When Narendra attends to Dr Gaurishs suffering wife and then to a starving stranger, Indu (Shaligram), Madhurika gets jealous and agrees to become a dutifully domesticated wife. Using one of Munshis rare original scripts, the film exemplifies the Sagar Studios commitment to the morality tale disguised as a reformist social. Check out this page for more updates on Doctor Madhurika.