''Bhartrahari'' is a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

film. It was released in

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. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Navin Pictures and produced by P. B. Zaveri. The music was composed by

Khemchand Prakash Khemchand Prakash (12 December 1907 – 10 August 1949) was a music composer in the Hindi film industry. He had few peers in 1940s, the decade for Indian film music which started with Saigal very active on the scene and ended with Lata Mangeshkar ...

and the lyricist was Pandit Indra Chandra. The cast included Surendra,

Mumtaz Shanti Mumtaz Shanti (28 May 1926 – 19 October 1994) was a popular actress in Indian and Pakistani Cinema during 1940s and 1950s. She was known as ''The Jubilee Girl'' because of her roles in films '' Basant'' and '' Kismet''. She worked in films in ...

Jehanara Kajjan Jahanara Kajjan (15 February 1915 – December 1945), or "Miss Kajjan", was an Indian singer and actress active during the 1920s and 1930s, often referred to as the "Nightingale of Bengal".Orsini 2006: 272 The reigning queen of early talkie ...

, Aroon, Sulochana Chatterji and Yashwant Dave. A devotional film, it was based on the approx. 1st century BC King Bharthari of

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, of folklore. The Hindi film version shows his love for his wife Pingla, his abdication in favour of his brother Vikramaditya, and his subsequent renunciation, going on to become a famous saint-poet.

Cast

* Surendra *

* Aroon * Sulochana Chatterji * Yashwant Dave * Nagendra

Tamil version

Bharthruhari ''Barthruhari'' is a 1944 Indian Tamil language historical drama film produced by K. Subrahmanyam, who co-directed it with C. S. V. Iyer. The film stars Serukalathur Sama and B. Jayamma, with G. Pattu Iyer, N. S. Krishnan, V. N. Janaki and ...

'' was made in

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in 1944 and directed by K. Subramanyam. The film starred

Serukalathur Sama Swaminathan Vaidyanathan (26 June 1904—11 January 1963), known by his stage name Serukulathur Sama, was an Indian stage and film actor who was primarily known for playing the role of the Hindu god Krishna in Tamil language Hindu mythological ...

, B. Jayamma, G. Pattu Iyer,

N. S. Krishnan Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan, popularly known as Kalaivanar () and also as NSK, was an Indian actor-comedian, theatre artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry – in the 1940s and 1950s. He is conside ...

and V. N. Janaki. The music was composed was V. K. Parthasarathy Ayyangar. The film had a duet sung by Jayamma and Krishnan.

Soundtrack

Music director was

and one of the notable songs by

Amirbai Karnataki Amirbai Karnataki (c. 1906 – 3 March 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the early Hindi cinema and was famous as ''Kannada Kokila''. Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song ''Vaishnav Jan To''. Early life Amirbai ...

was the semi-classical bol Banav

Thumri Thumri () is a vocal genre or style of Indian music. The term "thumri" is derived from the Hindi verb ''thumuknaa'', which means "to walk with a dancing gait in such a way that the ankle-bells tinkle." The form is, thus, connected with dance, dr ...

, "Chanda Des Piya Ke" in Raga Marubihag. The bhajan sung by Surendra, "Bhiksha De De Maiya Pingla" followed the pattern set by

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 ...

in '' Dhoop Chhaon'' (1935) "Teri Gathari Mein Laaga Chor" for bhajan singing and became popular. Lyricist was Pandit Indra and the singers were

, Surendra and Jehanara Kajjan.

Song List

References

External links

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