Jailor
About Jailor
The jailor is liked by everyone except his wife Kanwal. She leaves with Dr. Ramesh and leaves their daughter. He turns harsh. After an accident blinds the doctor, he brings Kanwal home and keeps her locked in a room. She kills herself. He meets a blind girl and begins to unbend. When he learns she loves Ramesh, he brings them together, and he dies.
Cast & crew
More about Jailor
Sohrab Modi produced, directed, and plays the jailor. Minerva Movietone released it on July 19, 1938. Kamal Amrohi and Ameer Haider wrote the story and lyrics. J. K. Nanda is credited with the screenplay on the Wikipedia note. Y. D. Sarpotdar photographed. Mir Sahib composed. Leela Chitnis plays Kanwal. Indiancine.ma times it at 150 minutes. Modi remade it in 1958.
Themes
Look
Y. D. Sarpotdar photographed the prison and the locked room.
Music
Mir Sahib composed. Kamal Amrohi and Ameer Haider wrote lyrics.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Kanwal leaves the child behind. The change in him starts there.
- The lover goes blind. The wife, brought back, is the one who dies by her own hand.
- A later blind girl loves the same doctor. The jailor helps that match.
- The 1958 remake is the one with Geeta Bali.
Scenes
- Kanwal goes with the doctor and leaves the daughter.
- He unites the blind girl with Ramesh and dies.
