Story, Synopsis, Trivia, Dialogues for Eight Days (1946)
Eight Days is a 1946 Indian Bollywood comedy film released on Jan 01, 1946. The film is directed by Dattaram Pai, music composed by S. D. Burman.
Manto wrote in Meena Bazar (1962) that his script was specifically designed as an Ashok Kumar comedy. Effectively directed by the star himself, this early Filmistan production tells of Shamsher Singh (Kumar), a discharged military officer who wants to settle down as a farmer. His marriage is arranged with the educated Neela (Veera) who ditches him at the last minute and goes to the city where she learns that she stands to inherit a fortune if she gets married within 8 days After rejecting several suitors, she finally falls in love with Shamsher Singh, whom she meets in the city unware that he is the person to whom she was earlier betrothed. Singh treats her badly and she sues him but in the end the two realise that they love each other Manto acts in the film as an air force officer. [Source: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema] Check out this page for more updates on Eight Days.
Manto wrote in Meena Bazar (1962) that his script was specifically designed as an Ashok Kumar comedy. Effectively directed by the star himself, this early Filmistan production tells of Shamsher Singh (Kumar), a discharged military officer who wants to settle down as a farmer. His marriage is arranged with the educated Neela (Veera) who ditches him at the last minute and goes to the city where she learns that she stands to inherit a fortune if she gets married within 8 days After rejecting several suitors, she finally falls in love with Shamsher Singh, whom she meets in the city unware that he is the person to whom she was earlier betrothed. Singh treats her badly and she sues him but in the end the two realise that they love each other Manto acts in the film as an air force officer. [Source: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema] Check out this page for more updates on Eight Days.
