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Anath Ashram (1937) | Slate

Rated 7.0 on TMDB

Anath Ashram

Reformist melodrama about widow-remarriage. Jai Narain, owner of a colliery, forms a happy family with his wife, his daughter Saroj, son-in-law Kailash, an engineer at the colliery, and their son Nannha. Kailash dies in a colliery accident caused by Jai Narain. Nannha is sent to an orphanage and Saroj marries Ramesh, who loves her but is unaware of her previous marriage or of being a stepfather, while Saroj misses her dead husband and longs for her absent son. A former suitor, Ranjit appears, knowing her past history. Repeated scenes show Nannha pining for his mother.

Released: 1937
Runtime: 2h 16m
Country: India
Language: Hindi

Direction and writing

Hemchandra ChunderDirector

Kidar Nath SharmaWriter

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Cast

UmasashiSaroj
Najmul HussainRamesh
Jagdish SethiJai Narain

Prithviraj KapoorRanjit
NawabNannha
NemoMantri
Manorama DeviJai's Wife
Trilok KapoorKailash

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