Nirmalendu Lahiri was an actor, known for Shankaracharya (1927), Krishnakanter Will (1932), and Mantra Shakti (1935). He died on March 3, 1950 in Calcutta, India.
The story shows the rivalry with the family of Sukhadas, first over who Dinadas' only daughter will marry, and then, more seriously, over the Anglo-Indian prostitute Flora, with whom the sons of both patriarchs fall in love.