Kumkum the Dancer

Kumkum the Dancer — Plot

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!'

• Release date
• March 7, 1940
• Runtime
• 142 min
• Director
• Modhu Bose

Kumkum the Dancer — Cast

S

Sadhona Bose Kumkum Dhiraj Bhattacharya Chandan

P

Preeti Majumdar Padmadevi

M

Moni Chatterjee

S

Shashadhar Chatterjee

L

Lalit Rai

B

Binita Gupta