Jhoola (1941 film)
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| Directed by | Gyan Mukherjee |
| Produced by | Sashadhar Mukherjee |
| Written by | Gyan Mukherjee (story & screenplay Shaheed Latif (screenplay & dialogue) P.L. Santoshi (screenplay & dialogue) |
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Leela Chitnis Ashok Kumar |
| Music by | Saraswati Devi |
| Edited by | Dattaram N. Pai |
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1941 |
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2 Hours 50 Minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Jhoola (Hindi: झूला; English: Swing) is a 1941 Indian Bollywood social film directed by Gyan Mukherjee. It was produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee under the banner of Bombay Talkies. The film starred Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Rajkumari Shukla, V. H. Desai, Mumtaz Ali, Shah Nawaz, and Jyoti. The music was composed by Saraswati Devi with lyrics by Kavi Pradeep.
A young widow called Kamala (Aruna Devi) approaches the new zamindar of her village to waive off the land tax as she is in financially straitened circumstances. She is called for a private audience with him, where she is surprised to discover that the new zamindar is none other than Mahesh (Shah Nawaz), her one time lover. Mahesh inquires about her late husband out of curiosity, only to discover to his surprise that she never married. Having considered him her husband, she pretended to be a widow to avoid being forced into marriage against her will.
The irresponsible, hedonistic Mahesh waives off her taxes, but refuses to take the relationship any further. On his way back, he stops at the post office to send a telegram. There he meets a young lady Geeta (Leela Chitnis) seated on a swing (Jhoola), to whom he is instantly attracted. Geeta is the niece of the postmaster (V.H. Desai), with whom she is living. An amateur photographer, Mahesh captures pictures of Geeta before leaving for his home in the city.
Back home, he gets into a heated discussion with his father, who intends to make a will distributing his property equally between his two sons: Mahesh and his adopted younger brother Ramesh. The old man strains his already weak heart in the course of the quarrel, suffering a heart attack.
News of the heart attack is instantly relayed to Ramesh (Ashok Kumar), who rushes to meet his dying adopted father one last time. After a short meeting, the old man passes away. Mahesh, who is angry with his father for giving away half the property to a man who is not even his real son, picks up a quarrel with Ramesh. Disgusted with his brother's behaviour, Ramesh leaves the house in a huff.
Unsure where to go, Ramesh boards a train. There he chances on the image of Geeta seated on the swing, which is the cover photo of a magazine. Instantly drawn to the face, he heads for Jharnaghat, the village where the young lady lives- unaware of the fact that the village is part of his inheritance.
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