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Sheesh Mahal is a film of genre Drama directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi with Naseem Banu
Sheesh Mahal (1950)
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Add to a movie listSheesh Mahal (Palace of Mirror) is a 1950 social Urdu/Hindi film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi for Minerva Movietone. Story writers were Khan Bahadur and Hakim Ahmed Shuja. The screenplay and dialogue were by Munshi Abdul Baqui and Shams Lucknawi. Music direction was by Vasant Desai and the lyricists were Aajiz, Shams Lucknowi, Nazim Panipati. The film starred Sohrab Modi, Naseem Banu, Mubarak, Pran, Nigar Sultana, Pushpa Hans, Jawahar Kaul and Leela Mishra.
Naseem plays the daughter of a feudal aristrocrat who sticks to his old ways in spite of being reduced to penury. In contrast to her role in Pukar (1939), she "dressed simply, with little make-up", with her acting leaving an emotional impact on the audiences.
Synopsis
An old feudal aristrocrat, Thakur Jaspal Singh (Sohrab Modi) lives with his two daughters, Ranja (Naseem Banu) and Nalini (Pushpa Hans), and son Balram in a grand mansion called Sheesh Mahal. He maintains his long family ancestry and honour, citing the valour of olden days. His way of life far exceeds the money he has. His children try to warn him regarding his excessive spending but his feudal mind-set refuses to let others see that they are in dire straits. They finally have to sell their mansion to a former worker, Durgaprasad (Mubarak), who is now rich. They settle in a small hovel-like place. The brother finds work in the factory but meets with an accident where his leg is amputated. Desperate Ranjana finds work as a maid to Roopa (Nigar Sultana) Durgaprasad’s daughter. Jaspal Singh refuses Durgadas when he comes to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage to his son Vikram (Jawahar Kaul) claiming that Durgadas may have bought the Sheesh Mahal but he's still a labourer compared to the aristocratic family. Balram argues with his father about keeping up false pretences. Sundarmukh (Pran) who was to marry Ranjana but has broken the engagement because they are poor, comes and tells Jaspal that his daughter, in the guise of working at Durgadas' house is having an affair with his son. Jaspal is furious and rushes to kill Ranjana to avenge the Rajput honour. At the Sheesh Mahal, Durgadas stops him with a lecture on different warriors and honour. Jaspal falters and falls down the steps. Before he dies he blesses the union between Ranjana and Vikram.Actors
Naseem Banu
(Ranjana Singh)
Sohrab Merwanji Modi
(Thakur Jaspal Singh)
Gajanan Jagirdar
Nigar Sultana
(Roopa Devi)
Pran Krishan Sikand
(Sundarmukh)
Leela Mishra
(Vikram’s mother)
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