Mukti

This classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically romantic image: dedicated to his vocation, paying no heed to his scandalous reputation (he paints nude models) and with a cavalier attitude to his conservative father-in-law's (Choudhury) demands for a good social behaviour. He is married to the rich Chitra (Kanan Devi). The couple are in love but neither partner is prepared to compromise their ideals. The marriage falls apart. Prasanta concedes his wife's demand for a divorce and goes to the jungles of Assam, where for many years his closest associates are a wild elephant and Jharna (Menaka), the wife of an innkeeper named Pahari (P. Mullick). He also makes a sworn enemy of a local trader (Nawab/A. Mullick). Chitra marries the millionaire Bipul (Mukherjee) and they go an elephant hunt. They kill Prasanta's pet elephant. Since Chitra believes Prasanta to be dead he avoids meeting her, but is forced to rescue her from the villainous trader. Prasanta succeeds but dies at Chitra's feet. The film interprets his death as Chitra's final achievement of the freedom she had craved. Barua contrasts the regressive story presented as static and unresolved, both as narrative and as performance, with a hyperactive environment that overwhelms the trivial nature of the lead couple's desires. Written by Sujit R. Varma Mukti is a 1937 Indian Hindi-language Drama movie starring Pramathesh Barua, Kanan Devi, Menaka, Nawab, Amar Mullick, Sailen Choudhary and Laxmi. New Theatres was the production house involved in the project. Mukti is written by Pramathesh Barua, Sajanikanta Das, Ajoy Bhattacharya and A.h. Shore and it is directed by Pramathesh Barua. Mukti was released on 1st January 1937 in Hindi and Bengali languages and takes a screen time of 115 mn. The Film was successful at box office. Mukti was made on a budget of ₹3 lakh and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹7 lakh. Cinematography was done by Bimal Roy and editing by Kali Raha. The music was composed by Composer: Pankaj Mullick; Lyricist: Sajanikanta Das along with Rabindranath Tagore, Ajoy Bhattacharya, A.h. Shore and Arzoo.