Prithvi Vallabh

Prithvi Vallabh (Hindi: पृथ्वी वल्लभ) is a historical drama Bollywood film directed by Sohrab Modi. Made under the Minerva Movietone banner it was released in 1943. The story is an adaptation of K. M. Munshi's book "Prithvi Vallabh" written in 1920. It had music by Rafiq Ghaznavi and Saraswati Devi with lyrics by Pandit Sudershan who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues. The film starred Sohrab Modi, Durga Khote, Sankatha Prasad, Kajjan, Meena Shorey, Sadiq Ali, K. N. Singh and Al Nasir.

Contents

• Prithvi vallabh
• Cast
• Crew
• References

The story revolves around two kings, Munj/Prithvi Vallabh of Avantipur who is kind and just, and Tailap a neighboring king who is cruel. With the help of his sister Mrinalvati (Durga Khote) and another neighbouring king Bhillam (K. N. Singh), Tailap manages to capture Prithvi Vallabh. The rest of the film follows incidents following his captivity.

Cast

Sohrab Modi as Munj

Durga Khote as Mrinalvati

Sankatha Prasad as Tailap

K. N. Singh as Bhillam

Kajjan

Meena Shorey as Vilas

Amirbai Karnataki as Charini, the devotee

Sadiq Ali as Kavi

Al Nasir as Bhoj, Munj's son

Navin Yagnik

Crew

Director: Sohrab Modi

Producer: Minerva Movietone

Writer: K. M. Munshi

Screenplay, Dialogues: Pandit Sudarshan

Cinematographer: Y. D. Sarpotdar

Audiographer: Keki Edulji

Art Direction and settings: Rusi K. Banker

Studio: Minerva Movietone

Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi and Saraswati Devi

Music Effects: Mir Sahib

Lyricist: Pandit Sudarshan

Choreographer: Chaubey, K. M. Parwar

Costumes: G. J. More

Make-up: M. N. Borkar