
Movie, 1940
Kumkum the Dancer
IMDb 7.0, 142 min, India
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!'
Details
DirectorModhu Bose
WritersManmatha Ray
Runtime142 min
ReleasedThu, Mar 7, 1940
CountryIndia
IMDBtt0277086













