Jiban Maran

Story

Synopsis

A famous radio singer Mohan (Saigal) is in love with Geeta (Leela Desai). When he goes to his friend a doctor, TB Specialist, Bijoy (Bhanu) for a check-up, he is found to be in an advance stage of TB. Meanwhile Leela's dominant mother and aunt (Nibhanani and Manorama) had been against the poor Mohan and had set their eyes on same Dr. Bijoy, the son of a family friend. When Mohan comes to know of it, and also his sickness, he decides to walk away from them. He is intercepted by a doctor who ran a sanatorium for TB patients, with some new method of treatment. Geeta couldn't forget Mohan and waited, but in the end she had to relent. Then it was known that Mohan was alive and cured. What would now Bijoy and Geeta do? There wedding was the next day, and they have to go ahead with it, the honour of both the families were at stake. Mohan too aware of his being exposed, disappears from the sanatorium and is untraceable.

Director

Nitin Bose

Writers

Sailajanand Mukherji, Nitin Bose, Binoy Chatterjee

Language

Bengali

Country

India

Release date

14 October 1938

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  K.L. Saigal

  Mohan

• Leela Desai

  Geeta

• 

  Devbala

• Elias Chowla

• Boken Chatto

  Hotel manager

• 

  Bhanu Banerjee

  Bijoy

• Indu Mukherjee

  Geeta's father

• Naresh Bose

  Sanatarium doctor's assistant

• Sailen Choudhury

  Doctor at sanatorium

• Manorama Devi

  Geeta's Aunt

• 

  Nibhanani Devi

  Geeta's mother

• Satya Mukherjee

  Assistant radio manager