Garmil

Garmil

124 mins | Drama, Family | May 22, 1942

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.

Garmil

124 mins | Drama, Family | May 22, 1942

Garmil
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.
Producers
Original title Garmil
Directors Niren Lahiri
Writers

Cast

Chhabi Biswas

as Mukherjee

Tulsi Chakraborty

as Jamidar's uncle

Jahar Ganguli

as Santosh Chatterjee

Kanu Bannerjee

as Nilmani Ghatak

Ratin Banerjee

as Prof. Ghosal

Jogesh Choudhury

as Madhab Thakur

Robin Majumder

as Robi

Sheila Haldar

as Malati

Indu Mukherjee

as Jamidar

Suprava Mukherjee

as Robi's Mother

Prabhadevi

as Shanta