Prem Kahani (1937 film)
| Prem Kahani | |
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| Directed by | Franz Osten |
| Produced by | Himanshu Rai |
| Written by | Niranjan Pal |
| Starring |
Ashok Kumar N.M. Joshi Mayadevi Vimala Devi Madhurika Devi |
| Music by | Saraswati Devi |
| Cinematography | Joseph Wirsching |
| Edited by | Dattaram Pai |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | British Raj |
| Language | Hindi |
Prem Kahani (English: "Love Story") is a 1937 Hindi film, by Franz Osten and starring Ashok Kumar, N.M. Joshi, Mayadevi, Vimala Devi, Madhurika Devi and others.[1]
Production
Bombay Talkies produced two films in 1937, Jeevan Prabhat and Prem Kahani. This is also Bombay Talkies' eighth film since the studio was founded in 1934.
Khorshed Minocher-Homji aka Saraswati Devi, one of the few female composers of Hindi cinema, composed music for this film.
Writer Niranjan Pal's original title for the English-language story and screenplay was 'Touchstone' or 'Marriage Market', indicating a shorthand version of the film's theme. The verse that Pal uses as a mood reference for one of the songs in the film is from Arthur Ryder’s 1912 translation of Kalidasa’s Kumarasambhava or The Birth of the War-God.[2]
References
- ↑ "Film related information on". Indiancine.ma. 1937-05-14. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- ↑ "Ryder's Kumarasambhava translation at". Archive.org. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prem Kahani. |
- Prem Kahani at the Internet Movie Database
- Watch Prem Kahani film entirely annotated with archival material at Indiancine.ma