Overview
The charming Mr. Sampat weaves his way into theatrical company with his moneymaking schemes, only to cause the everyone involved to go bankrupt, including Malini, the young actress who has fallen in love with him.
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Setting
Set in British Raj
Details
- Director
- Writers
- J.S. CasshyapWriter
- Kothamangalam SubbuScreenplay
- R.K. NarayanStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 25, 1952
- Original language
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
Production
Cast
MotilalMr. Sampat
PadminiMalini
M. S. Sundari BaiNirmala
Kanhaiyalal ChaturvediSeth Makhanlal Jhaverimull Gheewala- SwarajDirector of Kalamandir Theatre
AghaBajrang Brahmachari- KailashPrince Raj Mohan
- Badri PrasadMalini's father
L. Narayana RaoBanker (as Narayan Rao)- L.R. MudaliarKavi
- KadamAssistant Director of Kalamandir Theatre
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