Garmil (1942)
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.
- Released
- 1942-05-22
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Nirendranath Lahiri, Nirendranath Lahiri
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Chhabi Biswas as Mukherjee
- Tulsi Chakraborty as Jamidar's uncle
- Jahar Ganguly as Santosh Chatterjee
- Kanu Bannerjee as Nilmani Ghatak
- Ratin Banerjee as Prof. Ghosal
- Jogesh Choudhury as Madhab Thakur
- Sheila Haldar as Malati
- Indu Mukherjee as Jamidar
- Satya Mukherjee
- Prabhadevi as Shanta
- Robin Majumdar as Robi
- Suprova Mukerjee as Rabi's Mother