बिल्वमंगल

Bilwamangal (also known as Surdas) tells the legend of the poet-devotee Bilwamangal, who in an episode of divine renunciation gave up worldly desires — including his sight — to become the blind poet-saint Surdas, composer of bhajans in praise of Krishna. One of the most beloved saint-legends of North India, brought to the talkie screen by Madan Theatres.

Music director not documented in available sources; bhajans of Surdas would have featured prominently.

One of the most beloved saint-biographies in Hindi cinema, Bilwamangal was filmed multiple times across the sound era. Madan Theatres' version is the earliest talkie treatment of this legend.

A lost film of the early talkie corpus: no prints are known, and its place in the record rests on censor listings, period advertisements and filmographies. Entries like this are why the registry exists — so even the lost are counted.