Jailor
1938, Hindi. Directed by Sohrab Modi.
Modi's first psychodramatic role as a liberal man becoming a tyrannical jailer. He loses his wife to a lover who then goes blind. The jailer locks up his wife, Kanwal, in their own home, forbidding any contact with their child, Bali. Later the jailer himself falls in love with a blind woman.
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hindi
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- 1 January 1938
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Jailor runs 150 minutes (2h 30m).
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Jailor isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1938. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
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Who directed Jailor?
Jailor (1938) was directed by Sohrab Modi and stars Sohrab Modi, Leela Chitnis, Sadiq Ali.