Parakh

A class division melodrama centred on Mehtab’s histrionics. Kiran (Mehtab) is the daughter of a courtesan. Her lowly origins first destroy her marriage and then threaten to jeopardise her son Prakash’s (Singh) ambitions. She is blackmailed for keeping her son’s parentage a secret from him, forcing her to return to her ancestral profession. The film was a commercial success.

Country:
Genre:

Drama

Duration:

122 minutes

Year:

1944

Director:

Sohrab Modi

Cast:
Mehtab

Kiran

Balwant Singh

Prakash

Kaushalya

Shah Nawaz

Yakub

Crew:
Sohrab Modi

Director

Sohrab Modi

Producer

Sudarshan

Writer

Y.D. Sarpotdar

Cinematography

Khurshid Anwar

Music