Duniya Na Mane
About Duniya Na Mane
Nirmala, called Neera, is an orphan living with her uncle. His wife pushes him to marry the girl off. The visiting family includes a handsome young man, his younger brother, their middle-aged father, and a widowed aunt. On the wedding day Nirmala finds that the groom is the father, a widower. The son flirts with her. A widowed daughter takes her side, and a teenage girl is the only light company. The husband sees what the marriage is and kills himself. Nirmala leaves.
Cast & crew
More about Duniya Na Mane
V. Shantaram directed. The Marathi version is titled Kunku. Duniya Na Mane is the Hindi version. Shanta Apte plays Nirmala. Keshavrao Date plays the husband, Kakasaheb. English Wikipedia lists the running time as 154 minutes and says the film was shown at the Venice festival.
Themes
Music
Keshavrao Bhole composed the score. Shanta Apte sings, including an English setting of Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life."
Notes
- Other players include Raja Nene as Jugal, Vimala Vasishta as the aunt, Shakuntala Paranjpye as Sushila, and Vasanti as Shanta.
- Keshavrao Bhole wrote the music and Shantaram Athavale the lyrics.
- Shanta Apte sings Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" in English.
Scenes
- Nirmala learns on the wedding day that the groom is the elderly father, not the young man she had seen.
- The husband kills himself and Nirmala goes her own way.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Duniya Na Mane, 1937.webm)
