Kumkum the Dancer
Overview
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!'
Top-billed cast
- BBhudo Advani
- PPreeti Majumdar
- MMoni Chatterjee
- SShashadhar Chatterjee
- DDhiraj Bhattacharya
- SSadhona Bose
- KKamta Prasad
- LLalit Rai
- BBinita Gupta
- PPadmadevi
Crew
- Director
- Modhu Bose
- Writer
- Manmatha Ray
- Production
- Sagar Movietone
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Who directed Kumkum the Dancer?
Kumkum the Dancer was directed by Modhu Bose.
When was Kumkum the Dancer released?
Kumkum the Dancer was released in 1940.
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