Acting
A dysfunctional family endures chronic illness, unplanned pregnancy, emotional instability, inappropriate affairs, and a host of other issues.
Several interested parties search for the house of a scientist who lived 150 years ago, believing that it contains his mysterious invention. A young boy is named the heir to the scientist’s house. Hidden in an underground chamber beneath the house is a strange musical instrument capable of putting anyone who hears it to sleep for several years. Among those seeking the instrument is also an alien from another world who has come to Earth specifically to obtain it.
A young woman whose baby is ill decides to take him to the local hospital. A journalist takes her there and intends to write about her, as she symbolizes the abandonment and misery of the town. He returns to the hospital where, in the meantime, the baby has died.
Tensions between two brothers arise when one of their daughters marries a government employee. Meanwhile, when Udas' first wife dies and his childhood sweetheart rejects him, he becomes an alcoholic, characterless bohemian kind of person. One day after a quarrel, when he hears baseless and incorrect news that Padma was having an affair with the doctor, he comes to murder the doctor with a knife. In the darkness, drunken Udas killed his old mate, Padma. As a result, he was convicted and sentenced to death.
Important trade ties between India and the small African nation of Murundi, are soured when the country’s diplomat Simon Bubumba, who is also the brother of the president of that nation, is kidnapped.
Maryada was a Bengali drama film directed by Digambar Chattopadhyay. This movie was released on 15 December 1950 under the banner of Bhabani Kalamandir Limited. This is the third and first movie in which legendary Bengali actors Uttam Kumar and Bibhu Bhattacharya appeared respectively. In this movie, Uttam Kumar leaps on a song for the first time in his career.
Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
