Kumkum the Dancer
A dance film idealising poverty made mainly to showcase Bose's talents. Labour leader Suryashankar is jailed for trade union activities and, when released, finds that his friend Jagdish has stolen his property and plagiarised his play Bhookh (Hunger). To take revenge on behalf of the poor, Suryashankar's daughter Kumkum (Bose) marries Jagdish's son Chandan (Bhattacharya). Later she collaborates in staging a play meant to expose Jagdish's evil past. The film's publicity slogan was 'She robbed her husband to feed the poor!'
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Cast
11 people
Sadhona Bose
Kumkum
Also in
The Court Dancer: Raj Nartaki
Vish Kanya
Dhiraj Bhattacharya
Chandan
Also in
Adarsha Hindu Hotel
Hanabari
Preeti Majumdar
Also in
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Alibaba
Padmadevi
Known for
The Music Room
Moni Chatterjee
Known for
Pyaasa
Shashadhar Chatterjee
Lalit Rai
Also in
Bandini
Nai Duniya Naye Log
Binita Gupta
Also in
The Court Dancer: Raj Nartaki
Kamta Prasad
Also in
Untouchable Girl
Jeevan Naiya
Bhudo Advani
Known for
The Chess Players
Kayamali
Also in
Nightingale
Taqdeer
Modhu Bose Director · Manmatha Ray Writer
First release March 7, 1940 · Produced in India
Production
Sagar Movietone
Production
India
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Original language
Hindi
Release dates
India · March 7, 1940
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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