Chandidas
About Chandidas
In the fifteenth century the poet-priest Chandidas falls in love with Rami, a washerwoman of a lower caste. He speaks against the ban on that love. The credit roll says the film is based on the life problems of the poet Chandidas, a problem India has not been able to solve.
Cast & crew
More about Chandidas
Nitin Bose directed this Hindi version for New Theatres in Calcutta. It remakes Debaki Bose's 1932 Bengali film of the same name and was the studio's first large success. K. L. Saigal plays Chandidas. Uma Sashi, Pahari Sanyal, Nawab, and H. Siddiqui are billed. R. C. Boral wrote the music. Agha Hashar Kashmiri wrote the lyrics.
Themes
Background
The story uses the fifteenth-century poet Chandidas and the caste bar on his love for a washerwoman.
Music
R. C. Boral composed the music. Agha Hashar Kashmiri wrote the lyrics.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Hindi and Bengali versions are two films. This record is the 1934 Hindi one.
- Saigal's songs are Boral's settings of Kashmiri's lyrics.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- Chandidas stands with Rami against the rule that a priest may not love a washerwoman.
Influenced by
- Debaki Bose's Chandidas (1932)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Chandidas)
