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Kumkum the Dancer (1940)

Overview

A dance film idealising poverty made mainly to showcase Bose's talents. Labour leader Suryashankar is jailed for trade union activities and, when released, finds that his friend Jagdish has stolen his property and plagiarised his play Bhookh (Hunger). To take revenge on behalf of the poor, Suryashankar's daughter Kumkum (Bose) marries Jagdish's son Chandan (Bhattacharya). Later she collaborates in staging a play meant to expose Jagdish's evil past. The film's publicity slogan was 'She robbed her husband to feed the poor!'

Flag of ININHindi
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Modhu Bose

Director

Modhu Bose

ReleasedMar 7, 1940
Runtime2h 22m
StatusReleased
Sagar Movietone

Top Cast

Dhiraj Bhattacharya

Dhiraj Bhattacharya

Chandan

Padmadevi

Padmadevi

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