Basic Info
Release: March 07, 1940
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!'
Production Countries
- India
Spoken Languages
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Cast
Sadhona Bose
Kumkum
Dhiraj Bhattacharya
Chandan
Preeti Majumdar
Padmadevi
Moni Chatterjee
Shashadhar Chatterjee
Lalit Rai
Binita Gupta
Kamta Prasad
Bhudo Advani
Kayamali
Crew
Modhu Bose
Director
Manmatha Ray
Writer
Timir Baran
Music
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