Basant
About Basant
Poor singers Uma and her brother Babul are taken up by Nirmal. Uma becomes a star and marries him. His jealousy makes him leave her and their daughter Manju. When he finds Uma on the stage again, he takes Manju. Years later the family comes back together, and Uma leaves the stage for the house.
Cast & crew
More about Basant
Amiya Chakrabarty directed for Bombay Talkies. Pannalal Ghosh wrote the music. Mumtaz Shanti, already known in Punjabi films, made her Hindi debut as Uma. Ulhas plays opposite her. Madhubala, uncredited, plays the daughter. It is Madhubala's first appearance on screen. The title means spring.
Themes
Background
A 1942 Bombay Talkies musical about a singer who marries, is left, and later leaves the stage.
Making
Bombay Talkies cast Shanti for her first Hindi lead and used the child Madhubala without a credit.
Music
Pannalal Ghosh wrote the music.
Preservation
The film survives and is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Mumtaz Shanti and Ulhas are the billed leads.
- Madhubala's part as Manju is uncredited.
- The Hindi title is Basant.
Scenes
- Nirmal leaves Uma and Manju.
- He takes the child when he finds Uma performing again.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Basant (1942).webm)
