
Patrani
1956, Hindi. Directed by Vijay Bhatt.
The story is about King Karma Dev who gives a lot of importance to physical beauty. His mother, the Rajmata requests Mahamantri Munjal to find him a nice wife. Karma Dev often dreams of marrying an unknown beautiful woman he had once seen in the Somnath temple. Meanwhile, Mrinalla is the princess of Karnataka, who also dreams of marrying a king she had once seen in the Somnath temple. When Munjal happens to see the beautiful woman Mrinalla, he shows the King's portrait to her and she is happy to finally find the man of her dreams. So she runs away from the palace and searches for Karma Dev to marry him. Soon after, Munjal shows Mrinalla's painting to Karma Dev, who agrees to marry her. On the day of the marriage, the King finds out she is dark and refuses to marry her. After several incidents, Karma Dev realizes his mistake and at last he happily accepts Mrinalla as his Patrani.
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hindi
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- Released
- 1 January 1956
- Original title
- पटरानी
- Country
- India
- Written by
- R.S. Choudhury
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Patrani runs 132 minutes (2h 12m).
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Who directed Patrani?
Patrani (1956) was directed by Vijay Bhatt and stars Vyjayanthimala, Durga Khote, David Abraham Cheulkar.