Kumkum the Dancer (1940)

Overview:
A dance film idealising poverty made mainly to showcase Bose's talents. Labour leader Suryashankar is jailed for trade union activities and, when released, finds that his friend Jagdish has stolen his property and plagiarised his play Bhookh (Hunger). To take revenge on behalf of the poor, Suryashankar's daughter Kumkum (Bose) marries Jagdish's son Chandan (Bhattacharya). Later she collaborates in staging a play meant to expose Jagdish's evil past. The film's publicity slogan was 'She robbed her husband to feed the poor!'

Genre : -

Actors : Sadhona Bose, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Preeti Majumdar, Padmadevi, Moni Chatterjee, Shashadhar Chatterjee, Lalit Rai, Binita Gupta

Release Date : 1940-03-07

Duration : 142 menit

Rating : ⭐ 7/10 (1 votes)