Talaq (1938)

Talaq is a Hindi-language drama film from 1938 directed by Sohrab Modi, starring Naseem Banu and Prem Adib.

Talaq (lit. 'Divorce') is a 1938 Indian social melodrama film directed by Sohrab Modi for Minerva Movietone. The story was written by Anand Kumar and Gajanan Jagirdar with dialogue and lyrics by Anand Kumar. Music was composed by Mir Saheb. The film had Naseem Banu in the lead role with Prem Adib, Gajanan Jagirdar, Navin Yagnik, Sheela, and Abu Baker as co-stars. It is about Roopa (Naseem Banu), a married woman, who fights for better divorce laws, which she then employs to be free of her husband. However, things ultimately go against her when her second husband uses the same laws to divorce her.

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