| Kunku | |
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| Directed by | V. Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram |
| Written by | Narayan Hari Apte (novel & screenplay) Munshi Aziz (dialogue) |
| Produced by | Prabhat Film Company |
| Starring | Shanta Apte, Keshavrao Date, Raja Nene, Vimala Vasishta, Shakuntala Paranjpye, Master Chhotu |
| Cinematography | V. Avadhoot |
| Music by | Keshavrao Bhole |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | British Raj |
| Languages | Marathi Hindi |
Kunku (Marathi title)[1][2] is a 1937 Marathi classic social drama film directed by V. Shantaram, and based on the novel, Na Patnari Goshta by Narayan Hari Apte, who also wrote film's screenplay.[3] The film was simultaneously shot and released in Hindi as Duniya Na Maane.
The film went on to become both a critical and commercial success, and was shown at the Venice International Film Festival.[2] The film is now hailed for "its daring attack on the treatment of women in Indian society." and depiction of child marriage.[4]
For film's lead actress, Shanta Apte, it was third most memorable performance in a row, after V.Shantaram's previous classics, Amrit Manthan (1934) and Amar Jyoti (1936). Besides other songs, she also sang a full-fledged English song in the film: "A Psalm of Life", written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882).[5][6][7]
- ^ Armes, Roy (1987). Third World film making and the West. University of California Press. p. 112. ISBN 0-520-05690-6.
- ^ a b Films Prabhat Film Company.
- ^ Duniya Na Mane National Film Archive of India
- ^ India's Art House Cinema Archived 22 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine by Lalit Mohan Joshi, British Film Institute.
- ^ "'Hinglish' Song". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ 'A Psalm of Life' text
- ^ Duniya Na Mane-In The World's (Longfellow poem by Shanta Apte) on YouTube