Chaudhvin ka Chand

Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960 film)
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Mohammed Sadiq
Produced by	Guru Dutt
Written by	Saghir Usmani
Screenplay by	Abrar Alvi
Starring	Guru Dutt Waheeda Rehman Rehman Minoo Mumtaz Johnny Walker Mumtaz Begum Noor Jehan Pravin Paul
Music by	Ravi
Cinematography	V.K. Murthy
Release date	1960 (1960)
Country	India
Language	Urdu

Chaudhvin Ka Chand is a 1960 Urdu/Hindi feature film directed by Mohammed Sadiq. A production of Guru Dutt, the film centers on a love triangle between Guru Dutt, Rehman and Waheeda Rehman, and features music by Ravi. Farida Jalal makes a guest appearance in the film, her debut. After the disastrous box-office performance of Kaagaz Ke Phool, this was a highly commercially successful comeback film for Guru Dutt which saved Guru Dutt's production studio from ruins.

The setting is the city of Lucknow in northern India, where Islamic culture flourished. Two of the three best friends who live in this city have fallen in love with the same woman named Jameela. Aslam (Guru Dutt) and Nawab (Rehman) are the two friends caught in this love triangle with Jameela (Waheeda Rehman). An integral part of any Guru Dutt film, comic relief was provided by Johnny Walker who plays Mirza Masaraddik Shaiza.

Guru Dutt's music composer of earlier films S. D. Burman had warned him not to make Kagaz Ke Phool which resembled his own life. When Guru Dutt insisted on making the film, S.D.Burman said that would be his last film with Guru Dutt. (Total Recall, Times Now news channel 8 July 2012). Hence the music composing of this film was offered to composer Ravi and was critically acclaimed, and the lyrics by his all time favourite Shakeel Badayuni. Interestingly, It was a creative choice of Guru Dutt's to have the title track in color while the rest of the film was in Black and White.