Pooja (1940 film)

Pooja
Directed byAbdul Rashid Kardar
Written byM. Sadiq
Produced byNational Studios
Starring
CinematographyP. G. Kukde
Music byAnil Biswas
Production
company
National Studios
Release date
  • 1940 (1940)
Running time
191 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Pooja (Worship) is a 1940 Indian Hindi/Urdu-language psychological drama film directed by A. R. Kardar.[1] The music director was Anil Biswas, with lyrics by Khan Shatir Ghaznavi. Produced by National Studios, the story, screenplay and dialogue writer was M. Sadiq and the cinematographer was P. G. Kukde.[2] The film starred Sardar Akhtar, Zahur Raja, Sitara Devi, Jyoti, Sankatha Prasad, Sunalini Devi, Bhudo Advani and Baby Meena (Meena Kumari).[3]

The story involves two sisters, Rama and Lachhi. The younger sister Lachhi, is raped by the rejected suitor of the other sister and gets pregnant. The film then follows the child being brought up by Rama while the real mother, Lachhi, works as a maid in the same house.[4]

  1. ^ Gulazāra; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 593–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Pooja (1940)". indiancine.ma. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Pooja (1940)". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1994–. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Retrieved 27 March 2015.