1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
Hindi
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Twentieth Century Pictures
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production, which was a big success at the box-office. ''Baghi Sipahi'', a costume action drama, was produced by the East India Film Company.Gul Hamid played the lead, and it was cited as an "important film" for him.
Patience Cooper
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, Bimla Kumari, Mazhar Khan and Lalita also played significant roles along with Gul Hamid.
''Baghi Sipahi'' was a big commercial success, which "won him (Kardar) a wide audience following". However, Kardar was also criticised for "plagiarising", but his handling of the story and theme earned him critical acclaim. The success of the film established East India Company on a large scale across the "Indian film map".
Soundtrack
The music director was
K. C. Dey
Krishna Chandra Dey (24 August 1893 – 28 November 1962), better known as K.C. Dey, was an Indian music director, music composer, musician, singer, actor, and music teacher born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He was S.D. Burman's first musical te ...