Khandan (1942 film)
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| Directed by | Shaukat Hussain Rizvi |
| Produced by | Pancholi Pictures |
| Written by | Imtiaz Ali Taj |
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Pran Noor Jehan Manorama M. Ajmal Ghulam Mohammed Ibrahim |
| Music by | Ghulam Haider |
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| Country | British India |
| Language | Urdu |
Khandan (Hindi: ख़ानदान, family), also spelled as Khandaan, is a 1942 pre-partition Urdu film directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and produced by D.M. Pancholi, starring Pran, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Mohammed and M. Ajmal.
Written by Pakistani film Anarkali (1958) author Imtiaz Ali Taj and made in Pancholi's Lahore studio.For the first time in British India,there was a lot of 'ahead of film release' publicity for this film. As a result, this became a much-awaited film for the Indian public and became a hit film when released.
This was mainly a Noor Jehan musical about a man seduced by a gold-digging woman, who then kills her and her lover is jailed. When he is released, he finds employment as a gardener and becomes a father-figure to his employer's son Anwar and to Anwar's fiancee Zeenat (Noor Jehan). This allows him to prevent Anwar from perpetuating precisely the same crime for which he had been jailed as history repeats itself because, so the film alleges, men are constantly threatened by women and only paternal wisdom can save them from the untoward desires of women. Future famous film directors Ramesh Saigal and S. K. Ojha assisted in this film. Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , New Revised Edition 1999.
The music is composed by Ghulam Haider and lyrics by M. D. Taseer, Nazim Panipati and D. N. Madhok. The playback singers include Noor Jehan, Shamshad Begum, Ghulam Haider and Nasim Akhtar.This film was a landmark movie for Ghulam Haider and Noor Jehan as well as the film director Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.All 3 ended up becoming well-sought-after persons, when this film became a mega-hit musical movie.
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