Navrang (1959): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1959, Navrang is a drama, romance and music film directed by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram, running about 158 minutes.

What it’s about. Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna on everything. But Jamuna does not agree that Diwakar lives out of sheer poetry in a fantasy world and the real world less and less responsible. Diwakar goes so far that he is a fantasy woman in his wife's body creates what he calls Mohini. Diwakar will soon become a recognized poet and Jamuna gives birth to a boy. Unfortunately, the happiness does not last long: Diwakar loses his job because of a critical songs against the British. Now he can no longer feed his sickly father nor his son, who is starving. All this makes Jamuna angry, but above all Diwakars growing obsession with Mohini. As Jamuna decides to live apart from Diwakar, it is destroyed internally and no longer capable of proof. Jamuna slowly realizes that she can not live without Diwakar and forgives him.

Who’s in it. Navrang stars Mahipal as Divakar, Sandhya as Jamuna / Mohini, Keshavrao Date as Janardan and Vatsala Deshmukh as Uma, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 4.8/10, Navrang has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Navrang page.

If you liked it. Fans of Navrang tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.