''Ghar Sansar'' (Home Life) is a
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
film. It was released in
1942
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The film was a family melodrama produced by Sunrise Pictures and directed by
Vishnu M. Vyas, who also wrote the screenplay. The story was written by
Mohan G. Dave. The music was composed by Shyam Babu with dialogues and lyrics by Ehsan Rizvi. It starred
Sardar Akhtar
Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. She started her acting career on the Urdu stage. Her early films were with Saroj Movietone, where she did a majority of stunt (action) roles. She came into pr ...
,
Mazhar Khan,
Nazir and Kajjan in the main roles.
The story is about an elder brother and his wife called Bhabhi (sister-in-law), who make sacrifices in order to bring up the husband's younger brother. The situation in the family gets emotionally worsened when the younger brother marries and his wife creates mis-understandings.
Plot
Devi Prasad (
Mazhar Khan) lives with his virtuous wife Taramati (
Sardar Akhtar
Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. She started her acting career on the Urdu stage. Her early films were with Saroj Movietone, where she did a majority of stunt (action) roles. She came into pr ...
) called "Bhabhi" by everyone, and with his younger brother Sundar (
Nazir). Though not well off financially, both husband and the wife go through sacrifices to educate Sundar to become a lawyer. The bond between Bhabhi and Sundar is shown as warm and sincere.
Gopalji, who cheated Devi Prasad's father of his money is now eager to have his college-going daughter Lata (Jehanara Kajjan) marry Suraj. The families agree but Sundar refuses for what Gopalji had done to his father. Sundar and Lata meet at a college picnic without realising their family connections and soon fall in love. Following his graduation, Sundar becomes a lawyer. He is reconciled to marrying the girl chosen for him by his brother but on discovering who the girl is after marriage, he is happy. Lata in spite of her rich background adjusts in Sundar’s house being respectful of Bhabhi and the older brother.
Kishori, a young friend of Lata's, enters this family equation and with her cunning ways she brings about disruption in Bhabhi and Lata's relationship by insinuating that Bhabhi wants the full ownership of the house. With the mis-understandings that arise, Devi Prasad, who had left his job on Sundar's insistence when he became a lawyer, realises that he is now dependent on Sundar for subsistence. However, when a particularly nasty row is created by Lata, Sundar slaps his Bhabhi. Deviprasad leaves the house with his wife and young daughter.
Lata soon comes to her senses and sees the way she has been manipulated by Kishori. She catches Kishori flirting with Sundar and a fight starts. Devi Prasad who has come to give back some possessions gets involved, and falls down from the top floor and dies. When Sundar is accused of murdering his brother, Bhabhi arrives to acquit him.
Cast
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Sardar Akhtar
Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. She started her acting career on the Urdu stage. Her early films were with Saroj Movietone, where she did a majority of stunt (action) roles. She came into pr ...
as Bhabhi
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Mazhar Khan as Devi Prasad
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Nazir as Sundar
* Kajjan as Lata
* Mirza Musharraf as Lallu, Lata's brother
* Miss Kalyani
* Baby Tara
Review
The film was released on 3 April 1943, at Novelty Cinema,
Bombay
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Baburao Patel
Baburao Patel (1904–1982) was an Indian publisher and writer, associated with films and politics.
Career
He was the editor and publisher of India's first film trade magazine, ''Filmindia'', the first edition of which was published in 1935.
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, editor of
Filmindia
''filmindia'' is an Indian monthly magazine covering Indian cinema and published in English language.
Started by Baburao Patel in 1935, ''filmindia'' was the first English film periodical to be published from Bombay. The magazine was reportedl ...
in his June 1943 review, called the film "a long run of so much boring celluloid". He found the dialogues "insipid" and the songs bad. Kajjan's role as a teenage college girl was sharply criticised, with Patel claiming that Kajjan looked "more like a dowager than a college girl". His only praise came for actor
Mazhar Khan: "Mazhar Khan, the superb artiste that he is, defies the direction and gives an excellent performance as 'Devi Prasad', the kind, loving elder brother".
The film went on do successful business at the box-office in both Karachi and Bombay.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Shyam Babu Pathak with lyrics written by Ehsan Rizvi. The singers were Sardar Akhtar, Kajjan, Tara Bai, Miss Kalyani, Mumtaz.
Songlist
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id = 0267523, title =Ghar Sansar
1942 films
1940s Hindi-language films
Indian black-and-white films