| Gunsundari | |
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| Directed by | Chandulal Shah |
| Written by | Chandulal Shah |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Pandurang Naik [1] |
| Music by | Rewashankar Marwadi, Gangaprasad Pathak [1] |
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Running time | 185 minutes [1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi [1] |
Gunsundari is 1934 Indian Hindi social drama film directed by Chandulal Shah. The film was a remake of 1927 film of same name and was remade again in 1948. It was successful.
Shyamaldas has two sons Chandrakant and Vinu, and a daughter Kusum. Due to his alcoholic father's behaviour, Chandrakant is disheartened as falls for schemes of Madanrai and prostitute Bansari who are plotting to get her property. Sushila, a sister-in-law of Chandrakant's wife Gunsundari, has troubled relationship with his husband Vasantrai who takes away her necklace. Gunsundari helps her by giving her some money which she can not reveal to other due to promise of secrecy. She gets into trouble for it later. Gunsundari tries to save his husband by seducing him back to his family but was cast out to streets. She eventually meets her husband Chandrakant who has been to streets now. At the end, it is found that dead Shyamaldas has left all his property to Chandrakant. [1]
The cast is as follows: [1] [2]
Other cast include Charubala and Dixit.
After advent of talkies, Chandulal Shah remade his 1927 silent film Gunsundari in Hindi. [2]
Rewashankar Marwadi and Gangaprasad Pathak gave music for the film. [1]
The songs were as follows:
The film ran for 14 weeks and was commercially successful. [2]
It was remade again in 1948 under Ajit Pictures and directed by Shah's nephew Ratilal Punatar and starred Nirupa Roy. However, this version include some changes to reflect their times. [3] [1] [2]
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