We Three

We Three — Plot

Mehboob presents the autonomous passion of Leela (Rose) for Moti (Motilal) who is promised to another woman, Bina (Maya). Leela is portrayed as irresponsible and impulsive as she acknowledges her desire for Moti and has a child by him. Bina then releases Moti from his promise. Moti suffers when he is told by Bina’s father (Sankantha) that she is dead, while Leela’s father (Pande) enjoins his daughter to commit suicide if Moti does not marry her. In spite of the film’s endorsement of ‘traditional’, lethally oppressive patriarchal mores, incarnated by the women’s fathers, Mehboob’s narrative at least dares to depict a woman who refuses to feel guilty about her desire.

• Release date
• September 16, 1938
• Runtime
• 157 min
• Director
• Mehboob Khan

We Three — Cast

Motilal Moti

M

Maya Banerjee Bina

R

Rose Leela

Y

Yakub

B

Bhudo Advani

H

Harish

S

Sankatha Bina's Father

P

Pande Leela's Father