''Dhoop Chhaon'' or Bhagya Chakra (also Known as 'Sun and Shade' or 'Wheel of Fate') is a 1935

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

movie directed by

Nitin Bose Nitin Bose (26 April 1897 – 14 April 1986) was an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation's film industry. He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city. In the 1930s and early 1940s, he worked with New Theatre ...

. It was a

remake A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same ...

of the

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

film Bhagya Chakra. ''Dhoop Chhaon'' was the first Hindi film to use playback singing. It was Bose who came up with the idea of playback singing. He discussed with music director Raichand Boral and Bose's brother Mukul Bose, who was the sound recordist in New Theatres, implemented the idea.

Cast

* Kapoor as Hiralal * Biswanath Bhadhuri as Shamlal * K.C.Dey as Surdas * Nawab as Manager * Kedar as Asst. Manager * Ajmat as Kallo-Ki-Ma *

Pahari Sanyal Pahari Sanyal (22 February 1906 – 10 February 1974) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Sanyal acted in many Bengali films, such as ''Harano Sur'', ''Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant'', and ''Shilpi''. B ...

as Dipak * Uma Devi as Mira * Babulal as Mr. Tewari * Debbala as Mira's mother * Indu Mukherjee as Detective * Shyam Law as Detective *

Pramathesh Barua Pramathesh Chandra Barua (24 October 1903 – 29 November 1951) was an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter of Indian films in the pre-independence era, born in Gauripur, Dhubri, Assam. Early life Barua was the son of the royal family of ...

as guest at party (uncredited) *

K. L. Saigal Kundan Lal Saigal, often abbreviated as K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), was an Indian singer and actor who is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, which was centred in Kolkata during Saigal's time, but is ...

as guest#2 (uncredited) * Vikram Nahar as guest#3 (uncredited) * Vaid as Client * Nagendrabala as Nurse * Wahab as Stage-Dipak * Sardar Aktar as Stage Kallo-Ki-Ma * Triloke Kapur as Satyavan * Ahi Sanyal as Bad Singer

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* 1935 films 1930s Hindi-language films Films directed by Nitin Bose Hindi remakes of Bengali films Indian black-and-white films {{1930s-Hindi-film-stub