<ul><li>Director - P.C. Barua</li>
<li>Alternative Title: Jawab</li>
<li>Country: India;</li>
<li>Year: 1942;</li>
<li>Language: Bengali;</li>
<li>Runtime: 144 min;</li>
<li>Color: Black and White;</li>
<li>Sound: Mono</li>
<li>Studio: M.P. Productions</li>
<li>Producer: P.C. Barua;</li>
<li>Writer: Shashadhar Dutt;</li>
<li>Cinematographer: P.C. Barua;</li>
<li>Editor: Kali Raha;</li>
<li>Composer: Kamal Dasgupta;</li>
<li>Lyricist: Buddhichandra Agarwal 'Madhur', Bekal, Sailen Ray</li>
<li>Cast: Kanan Devi, P.C. Barua, Ahindra Choudhury, Jamuna, Ratin Banerjee, Devbala, Jahar Ganguly, Krishna, Ranjit Roy, Umatara, Jogesh Choudhury, Bikram Kapoor, Tulsi Chakraborty, Biman Banerjee, Amal Sengupta, Satya Mukherjee, Shashti Mukherjee, Indrajit Lahiri, Swaraswati</li>
<li>Genre: Drama, Social</li>
<li>Censorship Certificate Number: 38913;</li>
<li>Certification Centre: Calcutta;</li>
<li>Rating/Certificate: U;</li>
<li>Length: 3963.40 m;</li>
<li>Number of Reels: 16;</li>
<li>Format: 35 mm</li>
<li>IMDb ID: 8710566;</li>
<li>Release date: 25 September, 1942 (Sree, Purabi, Purna)</li>
<li>Assistant Director: Bibhuti Chakraborty, Mani Ghosh, Kamal Chatterjee;</li>
<li>Story: Sasadhar Dutt</li>
<li>Background Music: Sailen Ray; Sound Recording: J.D. Irani</li>
<li>Assistant Cinematographer: Sudhir Bose, Amal Sengupta, Sadhan Ray, Umedi Gupta; Art Director: Tarak Bose; Stills: Binoy Gupta, Subodh Banerjee;</li>
<li>Make-Up: Roshu;</li>
<li>Production Controller: Prabhat Mitra;</li>
<li>Laboratory: Indra Movietone Studio; Calcutta; Dhiren Dasgupta</li></ul><ul><li>Story: Barua's last major film continues his concern with the fortunes of an aimless feudal upper class (Devdas, 1935; Mukti, 1937). The rich, self-absorbed and deranged Manoj (Barua) is sent to his future father-in-law for a rest cure. However, he loses his way and is offered shelter by a railway station-master with whose daughter he falls in love with. The poor, earthy and worldly-wise Meena (Kanan Devi) is contrasted with the hero's rich fiancee and strident feminist Reba (Jamuna) and the eventual confrontation between the two women provides the justification for Manoj's decision to marry the former. The original story was written as a rejoinder to Saratchandra's Shesh Prashna, attacking his alleged feminism. The film established Murlidhar Chatterjee's new company as one of the foremost producers of socials in Bengali cinema. The Hindi version included classic Kanan Devi numbers such as Toofan mail and Kuch yaad rahe to sun kar jaa. The famous song in Bengali was Ami bonophool go.</li></ul>
1942
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