Kumkum the DancerMovie
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!'
About Kumkum the Dancer
Kumkum the Dancer is a 1940 movie directed by Modhu Bose.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 22m, production credits from India, an original language code of HI.
The credited cast includes Sadhona Bose, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Preeti Majumdar, Padmadevi. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
