Mukti (1937 film)

Mukti

Mukti
Directed by Pramathesh Barua
Written by Pramathesh Barua, Sajanikanta Das, Ajoy Bhattacharya, A.H. Shore
Starring Pramathesh Barua, Kanan Devi, Menaka, Nawab, Amar Mullick, Sailen Choudhary, Ahi Sanyal, Jagdish Sethi, Bikram Kapoor, Pankaj Mullick, Indu Mukherjee, Kanak Narayan, Bibhuti Chakraborty, Kashi Choudhury, Jatin Dey, Sardeb Ray, Sukumar, Sudhir, Laxmi
Music by Composer: Pankaj Mullick; Lyricist: Sajanikanta Das, Rabindranath Tagore, Ajoy Bhattacharya, A.H. Shore, Arzoo
Cinematography Bimal Roy
Edited by Kali Raha
Production
company
Release dates
 1936
Running time
 115 mn
Country India
Language Hindi, Bengali
Budget Rs. 3,00,000
Box office Rs. 7,48,200

Mukti is a drama Hindi and Bengali movie directed by Pramathesh Barua and produced by New Theatres.

Plot

This classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically romantic image: dedicated to his vocation, paying no heed to his scandalous reputation (he paints nude models) and with a cavalier attitude to his conservative father-in-law's (Choudhury) demands for a good social behaviour. He is married to the rich Chitra (Kanan Devi). The couple are in love but neither partner is prepared to compromise their ideals. The marriage falls apart. Prasanta concedes his wife's demand for a divorce and goes to the jungles of Assam, where for many years his closest associates are a wild elephant and Jharna (Menaka), the wife of an innkeeper named Pahari (P. Mullick). He also makes a sworn enemy of a local trader (Nawab/A. Mullick). Chitra marries the millionaire Bipul (Mukherjee) and they go an elephant hunt. They kill Prasanta's pet elephant. Since Chitra believes Prasanta to be dead he avoids meeting her, but is forced to rescue her from the villainous trader.. Prasanta succeeds but dies at Chitra's feet. The film interprets his death as Chitra's final achievement of the freedom she had craved. Barua contrasts the regressive story presented as static and unresolved, both as narrative and as performance, with a hyperactive environment that overwhelms the trivial nature of the lead couple's desires.

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