Parakh (1944)

Hindi movie · Drama · 122 min · TMDB 7/10

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.

Cast: Mehtab (Kiran), Balwant Singh (Prakash), Kaushalya, Shah Nawaz, Yakub.

Directed by Sohrab Modi.

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