President

President

153 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1937

Badi Bahen aka President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film (the Bengali version was called Didi and starred several different actors). The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an idea by M. M. Begg. It was a love triangle with a social content that highlighted the conditions of the mill workers. It was also the first film to show a liberated educated woman managing her own factory

President

153 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1937

President
Badi Bahen aka President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film (the Bengali version was called Didi and starred several different actors). The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an idea by M. M. Begg. It was a love triangle with a social content that highlighted the conditions of the mill workers. It was also the first film to show a liberated educated woman managing her own factory
Producers New Theatres Limited
Original title Badi Bahen
Directors Nitin Bose
Writers Nitin Bose

Cast

K.L. Saigal

as Prakash

Leela Desai

as Sheila

Devbala

as Prakash's sister

Kamaleshkumari

as Prabhavati

Nawab

as Dinanath

Jagdish Sethi

as Dr Shethy

Vikram Kapoor

as Kakababu

Shabbi Ali

as Gopal