Manmohan 1936

Manmohan is a 1936 Indian Bollywood social film released on Jan 01, 1936. The film is directed by Ashok Ghosh, produced by Mehboob Khan.
Teh frist of Mehboobs socials at Sagar (e.g. Jagirdar, 1937) using Bibbo in an early example of his woman-centred films interrogating aspect of feudal partiarchy. The painter Ashok (Surendra) who loves the orphaned Vimala (Bibbo) is distressed to learn that she is due to marry Jagdish (Yakub). He paints Vimals protraits with a frenzied obsession and becomes a famous artist. Jagdish tries to get Ashok killed. Paralleling this love story is the decline in Ashoks family fortunes, which eventually leaves him homeless and penniess with only the rich Shanti (Ashalata) who stands by him. Mehboob often liberates his characters from feudal ties by making them orphans (Deccan Queen, 1936; Ek Hi Raasta, 1939), later extending this into the format of structuring the guilt of the woman into a love triangle (Jagirdar, Hum Tum Aur Woh, 1939), transforming his melodramas into social parables (cf also R.S. Choudhurys Hamari Betiyan, 1936). [Source: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema] Check out this page for more updates on Manmohan.