President
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Badi Bahen aka President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film (the Bengali version was called Didi and starred several different actors). The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an idea by M. M. Begg. It was a love triangle with a social content that highlighted the conditions of the mill workers. It was also the first film to show a liberated educated woman managing her own factory
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K.L. Saigal
Prakash
Also in
Devdas
Shahjehan
Leela Desai
Sheila
Also in
Jiban Maran
Nartaki
Devbala
Prakash's sister
Also in
Jiban Maran
Gora
Kamaleshkumari
Prabhavati
Also in
Samrat
Nawab
Dinanath
Also in
Ghar
Wapas
Jagdish Sethi
Dr Shethy
Also in
Aar Paar
Chaudhary Karnail Singh
Vikram Kapoor
Kakababu
Also in
Kaagaz Ke Phool
Biraj Bahu
Shabbi Ali
Gopal
No other roles listed
Nitin Bose Director
First release January 8, 1937 · Produced in India · Original title Badi Bahen
Production
New Theatres Limited
Production
India
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Original title
Badi Bahen
Original language
Hindi
Spoken on screen
Hindi
Release dates
India · January 8, 1937
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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