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Raja (1943 film)

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Raja
Directed byKishore Sahu
Written byKishore Sahu
Produced byPurnima Productions
Starring
  • Kishore Sahu
  • Protima Das Gupta
  • Rani Bala
  • Gulab
Music byKhan Mastana
Production
company
Purnima Productions
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Raja is a 1943 Hindi film directed by Kishore Sahu.[1] It was the first film from the newly established "Purnima Productions". A social satire, it starred Kishore Sahu and Protima Das Gupta in the lead.[2] The music was composed by Khan Mastana, and Kishore Sahu sang the songs picturised on him.[3] The rest of the cast included Ramesh Gupta, Gulab, Moni Chatterjee, Badri Prasad and Rani Bala.

The film performed well at the box-office in centres like Delhi and Bombay.[4] Filmindia editor Baburao Patel stated that Raja "remains a milestone of art and skill in motion pictures".[5]

Cast

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  • Protima Das Gupta
  • Kishore Sahu
  • Ranibala
  • Moni Chatterjee
  • Ramesh Gupta
  • Gulab
  • Badri Prasad
  • Wasker
  • Anant Prabhu
  • Samson
  • Vijay Sahu

Soundtrack

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The music director was Khan Mastana, with lyrics by Bhagwati Charan Sharma, Rammurti Chaturvedi and Amritlal Nagar. The singers were Protima Das Gupta, Kishore Sahu, Gulab and Ramesh Gupta.[6]

Song List

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# Title Singer
1 "Aankho Ki Yeh Sharab Piye" Kishore Sahu
2 "Aaye Ban Kar Ullas Abhi" Protima Dasgupta
3 "Hum Diwano Ki Kya Hasti Hai" Kishore Sahu
4 "Kahe Nanha Maro Khadi Re" Gulab, Ramesh Gupta
5 "Nach Nach Kar Thumak Thumak Kar" Kishore Sahu, Protima Dasgupta
6 "Nikli Pee Ko Pehnane Haar" Protima Dasgupta
7 "Nirali Duniya Hamari" Kishore Sahu, Protima Dasgupta
8 "Tere Le Loon Balaiya Hazar" Protima Dasgupta

References

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  1. ^ "Raja (1943)". gomolo.com. Gomolo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ Patel, Baburao (January 1943). "Filmindia". Filmindia. 9 (1): 65. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Raja (1943)". myswar.com. MySwar. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Filmindia". Filmindia. 9 (12): 21. April 1943. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ^ Patel, Baburao (April 1945). "Filmindia". Filmindia. 11 (4): 21. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Raja (1943)". hindigeetmala.net. Hindi Geetmala. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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