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Kunku
Sign in to savethumb|Duniya Na Mane (Hindi version) thumb|Kunku (Marathi version) Kunku (Marathi title) is a 1937 Indian Marathi-language classic social drama film directed by V. Shantaram, and based on the novel, Na Patnari Goshta by Narayan Hari Apte, who also wrote film's screenplay. The film was simultaneously shot and released in Hindi as Duniya Na Maane.
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6.0Neera (Apte) is trapped into marrying an old widower Kakasaheb (Date). He is a progressive lawyer with a son and daughter of Neera's age. Neera refuses to consummate the union claiming that while suffering can be borne, injustice cannot. Neera faces many hurdles including her mother-in-law and a lascivious stepson Pandit (Nene).
Cast
- Keshavrao Date as Kakasaheb
- Shanta Apte as Neera
- Vimala Vashisht
Themes
- marriage
- social commentary
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 162
- FilmAffinity ID
- 629127
- Image
- Duniya Na Mane (Hindi) 1937.jpg
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- publication date
- 1937-00-00
- Commons category
- Kunku (1937)
- title
- कुंकू
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thumb|Duniya Na Mane (Hindi version) thumb|Kunku (Marathi version) Kunku (Marathi title) is a 1937 Indian Marathi-language classic social drama film directed by V. Shantaram, and based on the novel, Na Patnari Goshta by Narayan Hari Apte, who also wrote film's screenplay. The film was simultaneously shot and released in Hindi as Duniya Na Maane.
The film went on to become both a critical and commercial success, and was shown at the Venice International Film Festival. The film is now hailed for "its daring attack on the treatment of women in Indian society." and depiction of child marriage.