''Dost'' ( hi, दोस्त; en, Friend) is a 1944 Bollywood film produced under the banner Navin Pictures, directed by

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. Kanhaiyalal and Maya Banerjee play the lead with Agha, Himalaya Dasani, Husn Banu, Mirza Musharraf, Motilal,

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, Ram Pyari,

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Film's reception

This film ended up being ranked as number 21 on the list of (Top Earners 1940 – 1949) by the

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Cast

* Kanhaiyalal *Maya Banerjee * Agha *Himalaya Dasani *Husn Banu *Mirza Musharraf * Motilal * Noorjahan *Ram Pyari *

*Sherali *Varmala Kumthekar

Soundtrack

''Dost'' was the first film of Sajjad Hussain as an independent music director, and its soundtrack featured hit songs.

References

External links

* 1944 films 1940s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub