Rashk-e-Laila

One of the best-known films of Mahalakshmi, a sound film studio set up jointly by star Zubeida and director Vakil. The costumed love fantasy derived from the Arabian Nights and tells of Laila (Zubeida), a gypsy dancer who falls in love with the Persian soldier Asghar (Desa). The villain, who lusts after Laila, is Sardar Sagi (Gulab), right-hand man to the grand vizir Uoshi) who has political ambitions of his own.

• Release date
• November 23, 1934
• Runtime
• 153 min
• Genres
• Fantasy
• Director
• Nanubhai Vakil

Cast

Zubeida Laila

B

Bhai Desa Ashgar

M

Master Gulab Sardar Sagi

B

Bachhu Pawar