''Bachchon Ka Khel'' is a

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

produced by Ramnik Productions and directed by Raja Nene. It was released at Novelty Bombay on 2 May. The film's music is by C. Ramchandara, lyrics by Magan, Pt Sharma and art direction by Shripatrao Mane. The film starred

Meena Kumari Meena Kumari (born Mahjabeen Bano; 1 August 1933 – 31 March 1972) was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Popularly known as ''The Tragedy Queen'', she was active between 1939 and 1972. Kumari is widely considered one of ...

, Aga Jan, Nimbalkar, Shanta Patel and Baby Shakuntala. With this film, at the young age of 13, Baby Meena became the heroine

. To quote the film review featured in

Filmindia ''filmindia'' is an Indian monthly magazine covering Indian cinema and published in English language. Started by Baburao Patel in 1935, ''filmindia'' was the first English film periodical to be published from Bombay. The magazine was reportedl ...

1946 "The newcomer

is a good addition to the screen. she does well as Anuradha and has a promising future." The film turned out to be an ordinary film, but Meena performed with credit and her talent was noticed at this time by two other important film makers,

Kidar Sharma Kidar Nath Sharma, also Kedar Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and Lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of such movies as '' Neel Kamal'' (1947), ''Bawre ...

and

Homi Wadia Homi Wadia (22 May 1911 – 10 December 2004) was an Indian film director and producer in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He was the co-founder of Wadia Movietone productions, established in 1933 and later after the closure of Wadiatone, he founded Ba ...

, after her career as a child artist, started doing adult roles as heroines in mythologicals and fantasy genres before she made it in mainstream cinema with ''

Baiju Bawra Baiju Bawra (Lit. "Baiju the Insane", born as Baijnath Mishra) was a dhrupad musician from medieval India. Nearly all the information on Baiju Bawra comes from legends, and lacks historical authenticity. According to the most popular legends, he ...

'' (1952).

Music

#"Tum Kalpana Karo" (Version 2) -

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

#"Aaye Aaye Hain Sapne Me Hamare Woh" - Anuradha #"Bante Na Banega Kisi Ke Desh Hamara" - Vasanti #"Dekhe Na Kahi Duniya" - Vasanti, Vijaya Chitalkar Ramchandra Magan #"Jivan Ki Dhara To Jaise Jharne Ka Pani" - N/A #"Mujhko Teri Yaad Hansaye" - N/A #"Nazre Hamari Mil Gaye" - Shanta #"O Bhulne Wale" - N/A #"Tum Kalpana Karo" (Version 1) - Vasanti * During the 1940s, the names of the characters(female) who sung the songs onscreen were shown on the sound records. Thus, the artists namely Anuradha, Vasanti and Shanta are actually the names of characters on whom the song was picturised and not the names of the original singers.

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* 1946 films 1940s Hindi-language films Films scored by C. Ramchandra Indian black-and-white films {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub