Garmil

Garmil

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

May 22, 1942

Runtime

2h 4m

Genres

Drama, Family

Original Title

গরমিল

Production Companies

Chitrabani Ltd. (IN)

Director

Nirendranath Lahiri

Description

Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.