Raj Nartaki Sadhona Bose Prithviraj Kapoor

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Raj Nartaki, 1941 • Director: Modhu Bose • Music: Timar Baran • Lyrics: Indra Chandra • Cast: Sadhona Bose, Prithviraj Kapoor, Jal Khambata, Protima Das Gupta, Benita Gupta, S.B. Nayampalli • Thanks to Muz for providing the VHS tape from which this is taken. It was originally broadcast by the British Channel 4 and was taped by him many years ago. The dialog is in English but the songs are in Hindi and are hard-subbed. • The film tells the tale of doomed love between a courtesan and a prince. Based on a Bengali play by dramatist Manmath Ray (1899-1988), the film starred the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor (1906-1972), one of the doyens of Indian cinema, as Prince Chandrakirti, and the accomplished Sadhona Bose (1914-1973), an exponent of both Kathak and Manipuri dance forms, in the role of the court dancer Indrani. • This synopsis is taken from Nivedita Ramakrishnan's blog posting on the film found here: • http://cinemacorridor.blogspot.com/20... • COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: • The Indian copyright law: • http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/Cop... • INDIAN COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 CHAPTER I Preliminary (f) • cinematograph film means any work of visual recording on any medium produced through a process from which a moving image may be produced by any means and includes a sound recording accompanying such visual recording and cinematograph shall be construed as including any work produced by any process analogous to cinematography including video films.” • CHAPTER V Term of Copyright 26.Term of copyright in cinematograph films. • In the case of a cinematograph film, copyright shall subsist until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the film is published. • • My words: • Indian film copyright (including video, dialog, music, lyrics, songs) lasts for sixty years and any film and its songs released more than sixty years ago is in the public domain. No extensions, no renewals, no exceptions. This film is no longer protected by copyright.

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