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{{Short description|1934 Bengali film}}
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'''''Dhruba''''' is a 1934 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[Mythological film|mythological]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] based on [[Girish Chandra Ghosh]]'s story ''Dhruba Charit'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=প্রতিবেদক |first=বিনোদন |date=2023-08-27 |title=নজরুল: ছিলেন অভিনেতা, চলচ্চিত্র পরিচালকও |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/song/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%93 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn}}</ref> jointly directed by poet [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] and Satyendranath Dey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-08-27 |title=Nazrul in films |url=https://dhakamirror.com/entertainment/art-culture/nazrul-in-films/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Dhaka Mirror |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sudeshna Banerjee |title=Digital archive on poet opens in Nazrul Tirtha |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/digital-archive-on-poet-opens-in-nazrul-tirtha/cid/1396305 |access-date=19 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXDfBQAAQBAJ&dq=Dhruba+Nazrul+Islam&pg=PA108 |title=Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern? |date=2014-12-17 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-60181-4 |language=en}}</ref> This film was released on 1 January 1934 under the banner of Madan Theatres and Pioneer films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dhrubo (1934) |url=https://indiancine.ma/CHZP |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> Kazi Nazrul Islam performed in this film as [[Narada]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-29 |title=Booklets of Nazrul films also in archive |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/booklets-of-nazrul-films-also-in-archive/articleshow/93844081.cms |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-09-14 |title=Kazi Nazrul film negative damaged during lockdown |url=https://timesofindia-indiatimes-com.translate.goog/city/kolkata/kazi-nazrul-film-negative-damaged-during-lockdown/articleshow/78095473.cms?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=bn&_x_tr_hl=bn&_x_tr_pto=tc |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqdQAQAAMAAJ&q=Dhruba+Nazrul+Islam |title=Bangladesh Quarterly |date=July 2008 |publisher=Department of Films & Publications, Government of Bangladesh |language=en}}</ref>
==Plot==
King Uttampad has shortage of nothing but he has no child. His devotee wife Suniti Devi worships [[Vishnu]]. Suniti herself arranged another marriage for her husband with a beautiful princess. But the princess could not provide any child to the king. Queen Suniti left the palace and went into the jungle. One day Uttampad in his way to the jungle takes shelter in Suniti's place. After a long time queen Suniti met her husband and she gave birth to a son, named ''Dhruba''. Dhruba worships Lord Vishnu and the God appears to him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dhruba (1934) |url=https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/dhruba-1934-bengali-movie |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=FilmiClub |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Career of Kazi Nazrul |url=https://rebelpoetnazrul.weebly.com/uploads/3/9/3/1/3931169/film_career_of_kazi_nazrul_islam.pdf |access-date=19 April 2024}}</ref>
==Cast==
* Joynarayan Mukhopadhyay as King Uttampad
* [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] as Narada
* [[Tulsi Chakraborty]]
* Angurbala
* Master Probodh
* Nityananda Ghatak
* Kunjalal Chakraborty
* Kartik Chandra De
* Miss Violet
* Parulbala
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|5629086}}
[[Category:1934 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:1930s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]
[[Category:Religious drama films]]
[[Category:Indian religious epic films]]
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]
[[Category:1930s fantasy drama films]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]