The Living Corpse
Zinda Lash (The Living Corpse) is a 1932 Indian costume drama directed by Premankur Atorthy. The film was produced by New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta. The cast of the film included K. L. Saigal, Rattan Bai, Pahari Sanyal, Mahajabin, Nawab, Kumar and Radharani. The music direction was by R. C. Boral. B. N. Sircar started New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta in 1930 and produced his first film in Bengali, "Dena Paona" in 1931. In 1932 he produced films in Hindi where he introduced K. L. Saigal to Indian Cinema. The first was "Mohabbat Ke Ansu" and the second was "Zinda Lash" both directed by Premankur Atorthy. K. L. Saigal changed his name for his first three films and was billed as Saigal Kashmiri to prevent his family from finding out his profession. This film like his earlier "Mohabbat Ke Ansu" was not successful at the box office.