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{{Short description|1936 film by Sarvottam Badami}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Grama Kanya
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| director = [[Sarvottam Badami]]
| producer = [[Sagar Movietone]]
| writer = Jayant Shyam
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| starring = [[Sabita Devi]]<br>[[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]]<br />[[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]]<br />Aruna
| music = Shankarrao Khatu
| cinematography = [[Faredoon Irani]]
| editing =
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| studio = Sagar Movietone
| released = 1936
| runtime = 137 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
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'''''Grama Kanya''''' ({{Trans|Village Girl}}) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1936|1936]] [[Hindi]] melodrama film directed by [[Sarvottam Badami]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last1=Crow|first1=Jonathan|title=Grama Kanya|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/253895/Grama-Kanya/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100742/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/253895/Grama-Kanya/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2014|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> The film produced by [[Sagar Movietone]] had cinematography by [[Faredoon Irani]], story by Jayant Shyam and dialogue by Waqif.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA267|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=267}}</ref> The music was composed by the renowned [[bhajan]] singer Shankarrao Khatu.<ref name="Ranade2006">{{cite book|author=Ashok Damodar Ranade|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&pg=PA342|year=2006|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|isbn=978-81-85002-64-4|page=342}}</ref> The cast included [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], [[Sabita Devi]], [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], Aruna, Kayam Ali, and Gulzar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film136168.htm|title=Grama Kanya|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref>

The story is about a young man, Kumar (Surendra), who loves a girl, Vilas (Aruna), but has to marry another Bansari (Sabita Devi), due to family obligations. The film follows the complications arising from the situation.

==Plot==
Kumar ([[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]] ) comes to the city from his village to study in college. His father has been sanctioned a loan from the rich Dinanath (Kayam Ali) to enable Kumar to study. Dinanath gives the loan on the basis of Kumar marrying his daughter Bansari ([[Sabita Devi]]). Kumar is in love with another girl Vilas (Aruna), and wants to marry her. Parental obligations and duty make him forgo Vilas who is pregnant and marry Bansari. The story continues with the accidental killing of his father by Kumar, and Vilas' narrative from thereon.

==Cast==
* [[Sabita Devi]] as Bansari
* [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]] as Kumar
* [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]] as Vinod
* Aruna as Vilas
* Kayam Ali as Dinanath
* Gulzar
* Sankatha Prasad
* [[Baby Indira]]
* Pande
* Jamu Patel

==Music==
The music director was the renowned bhajan singer Shankarrao Khatu. According to Ranade, the songs from the film like "Tulsi Mata Pyari" and "Kanhaiya Bansiwale Re" became popular.<ref name="Ranade2006"/> There were nine songs in the film and the singers were Surendra, Rajkumari and Sabita Devi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/es751719 |title=Grama Kanya|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref>

===Song List===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Jhootha Hai Sansar"
| Surendra
|-
| 2
| "Kanhaiya Bansiwale Re Haan Main Na Boloongi"
| Rajkumari
|-
| 3
| "Kis Ne Hai Yeh Reet Banai"
|Surendra
|-
| 4
| "Prem Ek Umang Hai"
|
|-
| 5
| "Rain Andheri Chhai Dukh Badri Ghir Aayi"
|
|-
| 6
| "Ras Bhare Nain Tore Balam ghatayein Barsan Lagi"
| Surendra
|-
| 7
| "Tulsi Maat Pyari Tum Sati Ho Dukh Niwari"
| Rajkumari
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0154544|title =Grama Kanya (1936) }}

{{Sarvottam Badami}}

[[Category:1936 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:1936 drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Melodramas]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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