Aurat
About Aurat
Radha, played by Sardar Akhtar, works to feed her sons and to pay Sukhilala, the moneylender played by Kanhaiyalal, who wants her. When she is pregnant again, her husband Shamu, played by Arun Kumar Ahuja, leaves. The two eldest children die. She is left with Ramu, played by Surendra, and Birju, played by Yakub. Birju becomes a bandit, kills Sukhilala, and kidnaps his childhood sweetheart. The village casts Radha and Ramu out. Radha kills Birju for the dishonor.
Cast & crew
More about Aurat
Mehboob Khan directed. Faredoon Irani photographed it. Anil Biswas wrote the music. Wajahat Mirza wrote the dialogue. The English title used alongside Aurat is Woman. In 1957 Mehboob remade it as Mother India, again with Mirza, Kanhaiyalal as Sukhilala, and Irani.
Themes
In film history
Mehboob's own 1957 remake, Mother India, uses this story, the same dialogue writer, the same moneylender actor, and the same cameraman.
Look
Faredoon Irani shot the village and the confrontation in which Radha kills Birju.
Music
Anil Biswas composed the music.
Notes
- The plot starts with three sons. Two die, leaving Ramu and Birju.
- Harish plays Bansi and Jyoti plays Jamna.
- Mother India (1957) repeats the moneylender, the abandoned wife, and the son who becomes a bandit.
Scenes
- Shamu leaves when Radha is pregnant again.
- Birju kills Sukhilala and takes his sweetheart.
- Radha kills Birju.
Influenced
- Mother India (1957)
