Jailor is a 1938 Hindustani psychosocial melodrama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi.
Produced by Minerva Movietone, the story and lyrics were written by Kamal Amrohi and Ameer Haider with screenplay by J. K. Nanda.
[1] The film starred Sohrab Modi, Leela Chitnis, Sadiq Ali, Eruch Tarapore, Abu Bakar, Baby Kamala and Kusum Deshpande.
[2] The film shows the transformation of a tolerant, kind-hearted jailor into a ruthless, intolerant tyrant when his wife leaves him for another man.
Sohrab Modi is the benevolent prison warden whom everyone likes except his wife Kanwal (Leela Chitnis).