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Agnikankan: The Branded Oath is a film of genre Adventure directed by V. Shantaram
Agnikankan: The Branded Oath (1932)
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Add to a movie listJalti Nishani (Burning Symbol) also called The Branded Oath, is a 1932 Hindi/Urdu adventure film directed by V. Shantaram. The film was a Prabhat Film Company production and was a bilingual, called Agnikankan in Marathi. The cinematography was by Keshavrao Dhaiber and Art direction by S. Fatehlal. The sound direction was by Vishnupant Govind Damle and the music and lyrics were by Govindrao Tembe. The character artist Gajanan Jagirdar began his career in films by acting the role of a seventy-five-year-old man at the age of twenty-five. Ashok Raj cites that the role was originally to be played by D. D. Mane in the film but since he could not speak Hindi fluently the role was given to Jagirdar. The cast included Shankarrao Bhosle, Kamala Devi, Master Vinayak, Baburao Pendharkar, Nimbalkar and Jagirdar.
The adventure film revolved around a young prince's (Master Vinayak) escapades which included "acrobatic" swordplay, at regaining his father, the King's (S. Bhosle) throne, usurped by the evil Commander (Baburao Pendharkar).
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