Big-budget miracle-laden saint film on Tulsidas (16th C). who rewrote Valmiki's 'Ramayana' in Hindi. To the despair of his teacher Narahari Guru (Sohoni), who hopes that Tulsidas (Pagnis) ... See full summary
Sant Tulsidas (1939) Online
Big-budget miracle-laden saint film on Tulsidas (16th C). who rewrote Valmiki's 'Ramayana' in Hindi. To the despair of his teacher Narahari Guru (Sohoni), who hopes that Tulsidas (Pagnis) will make the classic text accessible to the people, the poet spends time with his beloved wife Ratnavali (Chitnis). The dramatic pivot of the story comes when Tulsidas discovers his life's vocation amid howling wind and a river in spate. He becomes an ascetic and settles down in Benares where his translation threatens the brahmanical clergy, until then sole proprietors of the wisdom of the Sanskrit text.
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Vishnupant Pagnis | - | Tulsidas |
 | Leela Chitnis | - | Ratnavali |
| Keshavrao Date | - | Bhatteshwar Shastri |
| Vasanti | ||
| Ram Marathe | ||
| Bandopant Sohoni | - | Narahari Guru |
| Dixit | ||
| Kantilal |