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Raj Nartaki is a 1941 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Modhu Bose under the Wadia Movietone banner. It starred the famous dancer Sadhana Bose (written as Sadhona in the title) with Prithviraj Kapoor, Jal Khambata, Nayampalli and Protima Das Gupta. It was made simultaneously in English, Bengali and Hindi. The film was distributed in Europe and US through Columbia in Hollywood. It managed to recover its cost with the virtue of being released in three languages. Raj Nartaki established J. B. H Wadia's reputation as an intellectual film maker. The story is set in the early 19th century in the Manipur Kingdom and is about social barriers and a court dancer.
Cast
Sadhona Bose as Indrani the Court Dancer
Protimadas Gupta as Riya, 1st Companion
Benita Gupta as Priya, 2nd Companion
Prithviraj as Prince Chandrakirti
Jal Khambata as High Priest Kashishwar
Nayampalli as King Jaisingh
Thapan as Captain of the Guards
Simeons as Hermit Khaipa
Prabhat Sinha as Envoy Bhadrapal
References
External links
Raj Nartaki at IMDb
Raj Nartaki on indiancine.ma
Full movie on YouTube