Prithvi Vallabh (Hindi: पृथ्वी वल्लभ) is a historical drama

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film directed by

Sohrab Modi Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer. His films include ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' (1935), a version of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', '' Sikandar'', ''Pukar'', ''Prithvi Va ...

. Made under the Minerva Movietone banner it was released in

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. The story is an adaptation of

K. M. Munshi Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (; 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, ...

's book '' Prithivivallabh'' written in 1920. It had music by Rafiq Ghaznavi and Saraswati Devi with lyrics by Pandit Sudershan who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues. The film starred

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, Sankatha Prasad,

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, Sadiq Ali, K. N. Singh and Al Nasir. The story revolves around two kings, Prithvi Vallabh (Munj) of Avantipur who is kind and just, and Tailap, a neighboring king who is cruel. With the help of his sister Mrinalvati (Durga Khote) and another neighbouring king Bhillam (K. N. Singh), Tailap manages to capture Prithvi Vallabh. The rest of the film follows incidents following his captivity.

Cast

as Munj *

as Mrinalvati * Sankatha Prasad as Tailap * K. N. Singh as Bhillam *

as Vilas *

Amirbai Karnataki Amirbai Karnataki (c. 1906 – 3 March 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the early Hindi cinema and was famous as ''Kannada Kokila''. Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song ''Vaishnav Jan To''. Early life Amirbai ...

as Charini, the devotee * Sadiq Ali as Kavi * Al Nasir as Bhoj, Munj's son *

Crew

* Director:

* Producer: Minerva Movietone * Writer: K. M. Munshi * Screenplay, Dialogues: Pandit Sudarshan * Cinematographer: Y. D. Sarpotdar * Audiographer: Keki Edulji * Art Direction and settings: Rusi K. Banker * Studio: Minerva Movietone * Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi and Saraswati Devi * Music Effects: Mir Sahib * Lyricist: Pandit Sudarshan * Choreographer: Chaubey, K. M. Parwar * Costumes: G. J. More * Make-up: M. N. Borkar

References

External links

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