Bansari (1943 film)

Bansari
Directed by	Jayant Desai
Produced by	Chandulal Shah
Starring	Ishwarlal Noor Mohammed Charlie Shamim Urmila
Music by	Gyan Dutt
Production company	Ranjit Studios
Release date	1943
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Bansari (The Flute) is a Bollywood social film. It was released in 1943. Music composition was by Gyan Dutt with lyrics written by D. N. Madhok. The film was produced by Chandulal Shah for Ranjit Studios. Directed by Jayant Desai, it starred Ishwarlal, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Dixit, Shamim Akhtar, Kesari and Urmila.

The film had Charlie playing the role of a "social parasite" and the acting was severely criticised by the critic of "Filmindia" as "putrid" and "obscene". The film however was a big success at the box-office. This was also Charlie's last film for Ranjit Studios as he became a "freelancer" soon after.

The film was Jayant Desai's last one for Ranjit Studios. He had started his career with Ranjit since 1929 as an assistant and went on to become a "stock director", directing films, which Chandulal Shah "did not want to direct". Desai left Ranjit in 1943 to form his own company "Jayant Desai Productions" under which his first film was Bhaktaraj (1943).

Bansuri had music composed by Gyan Dutt and the lyricist were D. N. Madhok and Pandit Indra. The singers were Noor Mohammed Charlie, Shamim Akhtar, Leela Sawant and Bulo C Rani.