Daku_Mansoor_(1934_film)

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Daku Mansoor

1934 Indian film

Daku Mansoor (Mansoor The Dacoit) also called Karishma-E-Kudrat is a 1934 Hindi/Urdu costume action drama film directed by Nitin Bose.[1] The film was produced by New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta and the music director was R. C. Boral.[2] The cast of the film included K. L. Saigal, Uma Shashi, Prithviraj Kapoor, Husnbanu, Pahari Sanyal and Nemo.[3] Daku Mansoor was actress Husn Banu’s debut film.[4]

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The film was based on a Bengali folktale and involves the dacoit Mansoor (K. L. Saigal) and his love first for Paribanu (Husn Banu), and then for Meher (Uma Sashi), and ultimately the rejection of his way of life.[5]

Plot

Mansoor (K. L. Saigal) is a dacoit who falls in love with Husn Pari (Husn Banu), the sister of the evil caliph. His escapades bring him notoriety and Mansoor moves to a new place where he stays as a guest at the merchant Ali's house. Ali and his family have no knowledge of Mansoor's past. Ali's daughter, Meher (Uma Sashi), starts loving Mansoor but he rebuffs her as he is still in love with Husn Pari. On learning that Husn Pari is to be married off by her brother, Mansoor becomes enraged. There follows a fight where Mansoor is badly beaten and in which Husn Pari gets stabbed by the dagger meant to kill Mansoor. Deeply affected, Mansoor gives up his dacoity and gets together with Meher.

Cast

Review

T. M. Ramachandran called it "essentially a cameraman's (Nitin Bose) film" whose visuals evoked "more telling effects" than words could.[6]

Songs

Songlist:[7]

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References

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    Rajadhyaksha, Willemen, Ashish, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (2, revised ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    Farooqui, Dewan Zubair. "New Theatres Calcutta Renowned Music Directors". members.tripod.com. oldies_club. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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    "Daku Mansoor 1934". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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    "Husn Bano". cineplot.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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    Surender, MV. "Kundanlal Saigal". kundanlalsaigal.com. MV Surender. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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    Ramachandran, T. M. (1985). 70 years of Indian cinema 1913-1983. India: Cinema India-International. p. 78. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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    "Daku Mansoor 1934". muvyz.com. Muvyz, Inc. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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