President

Story

Synopsis

Badi Bahen aka President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film (the Bengali version was called Didi and starred several different actors). The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an idea by M. M. Begg. It was a love triangle with a social content that highlighted the conditions of the mill workers. It was also the first film to show a liberated educated woman managing her own factory

Director

Nitin Bose

Writers

Nitin Bose

Language

Hindi

Country

India

Release date

8 January 1937

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  K.L. Saigal

  Prakash

• Leela Desai

  Sheila

• 

  Devbala

  Prakash's sister

• Kamaleshkumari

  Prabhavati

• Nawab

  Dinanath

• 

  Jagdish Sethi

  Dr Shethy

• Vikram Kapoor

  Kakababu

• Shabbi Ali

  Gopal