Tadbir

01/01/1945

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2hrs 1min

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Drama

,Family

STORY

Jayant Desai directs this melodrama centering on Kanhaiyalal (K. L. Saigal) who, according to a fortuneteller at his birth, will consort with a prostitute, grow skillful with a knife, and be sentenced to the gallows. As the film progresses, this unpromising prediction comes true, but in an unexpected manner. After a family tragedy, Kanhaiyalal and his mother find shelter in the home of a kindly whore named Saguna (Suraiya) who eventually sacrifices her life for that of the protagonist. Later, he becomes handy with a knife when he goes to med school and becomes a surgeon. As Kanhaiyalal matures, he and his mother battle against crime and poverty.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • K.L. Saigal
  • Suraiya
  • Mubarak
  • Jillo
  • Rehana

    Director

  • Jayant Desai

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Jayant Desai Productions

    Production Countries

  • India

LANGUAGES

  • Hindi