Swami

Kardar’s ultra-conservative ode to patriarchy tells of Binod (Jairaj) and Indira (Sitara Devi) who were married as children and never meet as adults. Indira grows into a ‘modern’ young woman while Binod, disinherited when his stepfather has a son, works in a distant village. Indira haughtily refuses a relationship with a pauper but she eventually realises her duties to her husband and goes to meet him disguised as Shanta, a beggar woman. Binod then falls in love with her, not realising she is in fact his wife.

Director

Abdul Rashid Kardar

Screenplay

Munshi Premchand

Screenplay

Imtiaz Ali Taj

Screenplay

Abdul Rashid Kardar

Status

Released

Release date

18/10/1941

Original language

Hindi