Baadbaan

<p>The film depicts a story rich in incident and emotional conflict and centers on an orphaned child whose parents, fisher folk, are killed in a storm and who is adopted by a rich, kind, broad-minded philanthropist. The real drama sets in when the boy returns from England and falls in love with a lovely young socialite who reciprocates his love. On hearing of his true parentage, however, her father forbids the marriage but relents at seeing his daughter’s unhappiness. The hero’s overwhelming passion for a beautiful fisher girl from the village of his birth to which he returns, bent on improving his people’s lot, and his love for his charming wife make for strong emotional power climaxed tragically by the latter’s death, and his returning to his roots. , is the hero and , as his ill-starred wife, turns in a quiet, polished role in a quite difficult part. Another subtle but telling performance comes from who plays her silent lover and the hero’s friend. does a gloriously rich portrayal as the fisher girl Mohnia. Bipin Gupta and Krishnakant are the hero’s foster-father and the heroine’s father. Jairaj, is Dev Anand’s father and is his mother. The comedy is provided mainly by Gope who handles his comic and dramatic scenes very well. other actors include Shivraj and . This article about a Hindi film of the 1950s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .</p>