''Bhai Jaan '' is a

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

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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 ...

. It was released on 15 September 1945 in

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. Directed by Syed Khalil. The actors were

Karan Dewan Karan Dewan (born Dewan Karan Chopra; 6 November 1917 - 2 August 1979) was an Indian cinema actor in Hindi films. He worked in over seventy films from 1941 to 1979. He started as a journalist while still in college, editing a film-based magazin ...

Noor Jehan Noor Jehan ( Punjabi: ) (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 23 September 1926 – 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema,'' British Film Institute, Oxford University Pres ...

, Anees Khatoon,

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, Shah Nawaz, Ansari and Nazir. It was a family drama, made under the banner of United Films. The print has been lost now. The film a

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family drama, is about two brothers (Shah Nawaz and Karan Dewan) in love with a dancing girl (Noor Jehan), which disrupts their family life. It leads to the girl consuming poison in order to maintain the respectability of the brothers' family name.

Cast

* Anees Khatoon *

* Shah Nawaz * Ansari * Nazir

Soundtrack

The music director was Shyamsunder with lyrics by Partau Lakhnavi. The singers were

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and had

Shiv Dayal Batish Shiv Dayal Batish (better known as S.D. Batish; 14 December 1914 – 29 July 2006) was an Indian singer and music director born in Patiala, India. He died in Santa Cruz, California, USA where he had lived since 1970. Career Shiv was a compose ...

for "Aa Hosh Mein Aa".

Songlist

References

External links

Bhaijaan meaning in English
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