Amar Jyoti (Eternal Flame) is a 1936 Hindi social, action adventure, drama film directed by V.
The director of photography was V. Avadhoot, and the cast included Durga Khote, Chandra Mohan, Shanta Apte, Nandrekar, Vasanti and Narayan Kale.
[7] The story's social relevance in the form of a costume action adventure involved a queen who becomes a pirate when she faces extreme "patriarchal laws" and is denied custody of her son.
[8][9] Saudamini (Durga Khote) is denied custody of her son by the Queen (Karuna Devi) and the tyrannical Minister of Justice Durjaya (Chandra Mohan) after she separates from her husband.
The composer employed the one-hundred-year tradition of "Maharashtra Natak Sangeet", blending it with Hindustani music in the form of "duets, ghazal and marching songs".
[13] The other was "Aaj Humen Ban Behad Bhata", a duet by Shanta Apte and Nandrekar, both of which still "remain favourites among old numbers".