Tamanna (1942 film)
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Tamanna is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1942.[1][2] The film was directed by Phani Majumdar, who also wrote the screenplay, for the Laxmi Productions Ltd. banner. This was the first film from the Laxmi banner, which had been started by Chimanlal Trivedi who earlier headed Circo Productions. Tamanna was also the renowned dancer, Leela Desai's, first film in Bombay. The main cast included Leela Desai, P. Jairaj, Karan Dewan, Jagdish Sethi and K. C. Dey, who besides acting, composed the music. S. K. Kalla wrote the dialogue and lyrics.[3]
Tamanna | |
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Directed by | Phani Majumdar |
Produced by | Chimanlal Trivedi |
Starring | Leela Desai P. Jairaj Karan Dewan K. C. Dey |
Cinematography | Bibhuti Laha |
Music by | Manna Dey K. C. Dey |
Production company | Laxmi Productions |
Distributed by | Supreme Film Distributors |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Leela Desai, had previously worked in films made in Calcutta, like Vidyapati (1937), President (1937), Kapal Kundala (1939), Nartaki (1940) and Jiban Maran (1940).[4] Nargis and Suraiya appeared as the child actresses in the film and "charmed the audiences".[5]
The story revolves around two people, Ramesh and Uma, who are in love with each other. Uma forgoes her love for Ramesh in order to help him fulfill his mission by marrying someone else.