Pukar (पुकार) 1939

Published on March 8, 2013 in Cinema

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Banner	Minerva
Director	Sohrab Modi
Writer	Kamal Amrohi (Amrohvi), Vishnupant Aundhkar, S. Ameer Hyder
Producer	Sohrab Modi
Orginal music	S. Fernandes, Mir Saheb
Cinematography	Y. D. Sarpotdar
Film Editing	A. K. Chaterji, D. Shirdhankar
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Playback Singers	Sardar Akhtar, Naseem Bano, Sheela, Khan Mastana

Character	Actor / Actress
Sardar Sangram Singh	Sohrab Modi
Shahenshah Jehangir	Chandra Mohan
Malika Noor Jahan	Naseem Banu
Kanwar	Sheela
Washerwoman	Sardar Akhtar
Mangal Singh	Sadiq Ali
	Jillo
	Maya Devi
	Shakir
	Ghulam Hussein
	A.B. Ramesh
	Kusum
	Ram Apte
	G.M. Dass

Set at the court of the harsh Mughhal Emperor Jehangir (Chandramohan), the film tells two separate love stories: the first of Mangal Singh (Ali) and Kanwar (Sheela) amid the violent feud raging between their families, and the second, the famous one of Jehangir and Nurjehan (Banu). Mangal kills the brother and father of his lover. His father, the loyal Rajput chieftain Sangram Singh (Modi), captures his son and Jehangir passes the death sentence. Jehangir's claim that the law knows no class distinction is put on the test when a woman, who husband has been killed, rings the bell for justice. Jehangir appears to hear this matter, and he is told that this woman's husband has been killed by an arrow, but the woman is hesitant to name the killer for fear of repurcussion. Jehangir, however, assures her that there will no repercussions, and she names the killer as his queen, Noor Jahan. This throws Jehangir into a quandry, as now he will have to apply the same law as he has been governing others with namely: "A life for a life". Jehangir offers his own life but the washerwoman magnanimously forgives him.