Krishnakanter Will

1932 DramaFamily 72 minutes Directed by Jyotish Bandyopadhyay

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About Krishnakanter Will

Haralal has a forged will. He pressures Rohini, an orphaned widow, to put the forgery in place of the real one. The film is taken from Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Krishnakanta's Will. Ahindra Choudhury plays Krishnakanta, Santi Gupta plays Bhramar, Nirmalendu Lahiri plays Gobindalal, and Shishubala plays Rohini.

Cast & crew

More about Krishnakanter Will

Jyotish Bandyopadhyay directed the Madan Theatres production. Jatin Das was cinematographer. Letterboxd, drawing on the same credits used by IMDb, lists an Indian theatrical date of 27 September 1932 and a running time of 72 minutes. The story credit is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

Themes

  • A forged will
  • A widow pressed to make the swap
  • will
  • Rohini
  • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  • Bengali

Notes

  • The Bengali title is Krishnakanter Will.
  • Published plot lines for the film stay with Haralal's forged will and Rohini. They do not spell out the rest of the novel.
  • Madan Theatres is the studio named on the Letterboxd credits.

Scenes

  • Haralal presses Rohini to exchange his forgery for the real will.

Influenced by

  • Krishnakanta's Will (novel)

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (কৃষ্ণকান্তের উইল - বাংলা চলচ্চিত্র (১৯৩২).webm)