Samadhan (1943)

8.0/10 124 min Drama

Overview

A working-class leader confronts a villainous factory owner, falls in love with the boss's daughter unaware of her family origins and, after many adventures and setbacks, it is revealed that the hero is in fact the official heir to the property the villain had usurped. An influential Bengali novelist acknowledging allegiance to socialism, Mitra's studio-bound film concentrates on showing the milieu of the rich while the dialogues make numerous references to the workers and the poor.

Cast

Chhabi Biswas

Dhiraj Bhattacharya

Sandhya Rani

Shyam Laha

Reba Devi

Rajlakshmi Devi

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