(Hum Tum Aur Woh)

Content: 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.

Countries:

India

Genres:

Runtime:

157 minutes

Year:

1938

Directors:

Mehboob Khan

Production companies:

Sagar Movietone

Actors:

Moti

Bina

Leela

Crews:

Director

Music

Lyricist

Camera Operator