Shehar Ka Jadoo 1934

Shehar Ka Jadoo is a 1934 Indian Bollywood film released on 1934. After some silent successes (Nishiddha Phal, 1928; Kanthahaar,1930), this is Kaliprasad Ghoshs sound debut during his brief stint at the Sagar Studi. A seminal Sabita Devi social critiquing decadent urban values, it tells of Sundarlal (Kumar) who leaves his wife Lalita (Kamalabai) and children to make a living in the city where he succumbs to depravity and vice. His son dies and his beautiful daughter Sarju (Sabita Devi) defends her virtue and tries to support her mother in conditions of extreme misery. Dressed as a man and accompanied by the blind Baldev (Dey), she scours the city in search of her father, encountering difficulties, including a drunken millionaire she rescues and with whom she falls in love even though he mistakes her for a boy. Dey a New Theatres singer, moved to Bombay to act in and score this film which saw Motilals debut. Ghosh later became better known for 40s/50s Bengali films such as Vidyasagar(1950) and Kar Papey (1952). Check out this page for more updates on Shehar Ka Jadoo.