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Life's for Living: Aadmi

  • 1939
  • 2h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Life's for Living: Aadmi (1939)
DramaRomance

A love tragedy featuring a policeman, Moti (Modak) and a prostitute, Kesar (Hublikar). Moti saves Kesar from a police raid on a brothel and they fall in love. Her reputation and sense of gui... Read allA love tragedy featuring a policeman, Moti (Modak) and a prostitute, Kesar (Hublikar). Moti saves Kesar from a police raid on a brothel and they fall in love. Her reputation and sense of guilt resist his attempts to rehabilitate her. Moti's respectable middle-class mother (Sundar... Read allA love tragedy featuring a policeman, Moti (Modak) and a prostitute, Kesar (Hublikar). Moti saves Kesar from a police raid on a brothel and they fall in love. Her reputation and sense of guilt resist his attempts to rehabilitate her. Moti's respectable middle-class mother (Sundarabai) symbolizes all that Kesar would like to be, but she is arrested for murdering her ev... Read all

  • Director
    • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
  • Writers
    • Munshi Aziz
    • A. Bhaskarrao
    • Anant Kanekar
  • Stars
    • Shahu Modak
    • Shanta Hublikar
    • Sundarabai
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    19
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
    • Writers
      • Munshi Aziz
      • A. Bhaskarrao
      • Anant Kanekar
    • Stars
      • Shahu Modak
      • Shanta Hublikar
      • Sundarabai
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Shahu Modak
    Shahu Modak
    • Moti
    Shanta Hublikar
    Shanta Hublikar
    • Kesar
    Sundarabai
    • Moti's Mother
    • (as Bai Sundarabai)
    Budasaheb
    • Megharam
    • (as Buwa Saheb)
    Ram Marathe
    • Mannu
    Chhotu
    • Old Man
    • (as Chottu)
    Gauri
    • Bijli
    • (as Gouri)
    Manju
    • Shama
    Narmada Shankar
    • Radha
    • (as Narmada)
    Ganpatrao Tambat
    • Police Inspector
    • (as Ganpatrao)
    Raja Paranjpe
    Raja Paranjpe
    • Mama
    • (as Paranjpe)
    Manajirao
    • Motel Keepar
    • Director
      • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
    • Writers
      • Munshi Aziz
      • A. Bhaskarrao
      • Anant Kanekar
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    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of Manoos (1939)
    • Soundtracks
      Ta Ra Ra Nav Nav
      Music by Master Krishnarao

      Lyrics by Munshi Aziz

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    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Aadmi
    • Filming locations
      • India
    • Production company
      • Prabhat Films
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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