Movie

Swami (1941)

• October 18, 1941

Overview

Kardar’s ultra-conservative ode to patriarchy tells of Binod (Jairaj) and Indira (Sitara Devi) who were married as children and never meet as adults. Indira grows into a ‘modern’ young woman while Binod, disinherited when his stepfather has a son, works in a distant village. Indira haughtily refuses a relationship with a pauper but she eventually realises her duties to her husband and goes to meet him disguised as Shanta, a beggar woman. Binod then falls in love with her, not realising she is in fact his wife.

Director

Abdul Rashid Kardar

Writers

Munshi Premchand, Imtiaz Ali Taj, Abdul Rashid Kardar

Starring

Sitara Devi, P. Jairaj, Nazir