Garmil

Story

Synopsis

Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.

Director

Nirendranath Lahiri

Writers

Nripendra Krishna Chattopadhyay, Nirendranath Lahiri, Pranab Roy

Language

Bengali

Country

India

Release date

22 May 1942

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Chhabi Biswas

  Mukherjee

• 

  Tulsi Chakraborty

  Jamidar's uncle

• 

  Jahar Ganguly

  Santosh Chatterjee

• 

  Kanu Bannerjee

  Nilmani Ghatak

• Ratin Banerjee

  Prof. Ghosal

• Jogesh Choudhury

  Madhab Thakur

• Sheila Haldar

  Malati

• Indu Mukherjee

  Jamidar

• Satya Mukherjee

• Prabhadevi

  Shanta

• Robin Majumdar

  Robi

• 

  Suprova Mukerjee

  Rabi's Mother