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An NCPA-NFAI Presentation

Mazhe Bal
Marathi Film with English Subtitles
(1943)

Manohar Salvi is an idealistic public prosecutor who calls for a death sentence for the nationalist anarchist Ravindra Vinayak. Ravindra’s girlfriend Shashi Meenakshi is pregnant and gives birth in an orphanage. She then becomes a nurse and has to look after Manohar who falls for her. She agrees to marry him but keeps her child a secret. When a child is found dead in the orphanage, Manohar prosecutes its humanitarian manager for infanticide. Shashi, who appears as a witness, reveals the truth of her life in court, causing a dramatic change in her husband’s worldview.

Story by V. S. Khandekar
Directed by Master Vinayak
Cast: Master Vinayak, Dada Salvi, Sumati Gupte, Meenakshi, Lata Mangeshkar, Damuanna Malvankar, Bhaurao Datar & others

Admission on a first-come-first-served basis. NCPA members will get preferential seating till 6.20 pm.