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- The story for this film was derived from the Bawla murder case. The maharaja of Holkar fell in love with a dancing girl named Mumtaz (Moti) who spurned his advances because she loved another man. In fact, the maharaja had the man kidnapped in full public view and killed.
- REMARKS. THE FILM WAS BANNED FOR POLITICAL REASONS, AND LATER RE-RELEASED AS DHARMA VIJAY. (1922)
- This film claimed realist intent, mainly for its thinly veiled allusions to a major scandal in Bombay known as the Champsi-Haridas murder case. Vihari, the son of a rich mill owner, falls into the clutches of crooks led by Kalidas, aka the Black Cobra, who also had designs on Nirmala, Vihari's wife.
- Parashuram is a very simple honest person who once had his own land in the village. But their landlord made them labour in their own land. So he came to the city for a reasonable job for his living. Eventually he got a job of a mate in an upper middleclass family. But one day the master of the house lost his wallet and thought that parasuram was the culprit. Parasuram tried very hard but that person humiliates him. Suddenly his sister found the bag but Parasuram lost his job. Then he travelled to many places and found a different world in the middle of the city. A totally unique society who does not have jobs, does not have food, does not have any shelter. He struggles to find a shelter and after lot of work he found a barren house where he found a very old foe. Slowly he adjusted with the condition and tries different jobs. Mrinal sen actually had shown different unique earning avenues thorugh this movie. After a disaster all slum dwellers comes to that house for a shelter. Parsuram then meets with Allhadi. This is a story of an unknown city who really have no future, no past and no helping hand and yet they are the part of our society.
- Presented as a comment on the lifestyle of Bombay's rich, the film tells of the wealthy Mr. Nanavati (Sandow) who is attracted to a dancer, Roshanara (Yakbal) who in turn is represented by a Dalal Chhotalal (Noor Mohammed). Chhotalal plans to rob Nanavati and seizes his chance when the rich man buys a gold necklace as a present for his daughter's birthday. Chhotalal tempts Nanavati to visit Roshanara, who then seduces him and obtains the necklace. When Nanavati realizes that he has been duped, he accuses Chhotalal, who has by then switched the necklace for a fake. Roshanara, was based upon a real cabaret dancer of that name.
- After deciding to chronicle the Holy Ramayan, the author faces life-changing challenges.
- Bilwamangal is a 1976 Indian Bengali film, directed and produced by Gobinda Roy. The film stars Soma Dey, Samit Bhanja and Geeta Dey in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Anil Bagchi.