''Khan Daan'' (family), also spelled as Khandaan, is a

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film directed by

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and produced by D.M. Pancholi, starring Pran,

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 ...

, Ghulam Mohammed and

M. Ajmal Mohammad Ajmal Qadri (popularly known as Ajmal) (17 May 1910 – 19 June 1988) was best known for his role as ''Kaido'' in classic Pakistani Punjabi film Heer Ranjha (1970 film). This film had super-hit music by music director Khwaja Khurs ...

.Film review of Khandaan (1942 film) on indiancine.ma website
Retrieved 7 November 2020 It was written by author

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and made in Pancholi's

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studio. For the first time in

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, there was a lot of "ahead of film release" publicity for this film. As a result, this became a much-awaited film for the Indian public and became a hit film when released.

Plot

A very preachy movie about the 'dangers' of rich men getting ensnared by women of "loose" morals. A rich man is seduced by a gold-digging woman. When she later betrays him, the man kills her along with her new lover. He is arrested and sent to jail for a long time. When he is released, he finds employment as a gardener and becomes a father-figure to his employer's son Anwar and to Anwar's fiancée Zeenat (Noor Jehan). When he sees the young Anwar falling into the same kind of trap he had all those years ago he does his best to prevent the tragedy of his own life from being repeated in Anwar's. Future film directors

Ramesh Saigal Ramesh Saigal was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor in Hindi language films. Professional life His major work includes ''Railway Platform'' (1955), ''Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1961) and ''Ishq Par Zor Nahin'' (1970). He wa ...

and

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assisted in this film.

Cast

as Zeenat * Manorama as Nargis *

Moolchand Moolchand was a prolific character actor in Hindi and Panjabi cinema, who was active from 1950 to his death in the late 1980s. He appeared in over 250 films. These films spanned the parallel cinema of Guru Dutt to the wrestler films of Dara Sing ...

as riding bicycles behind Noor Jehen's car * Ghulam Mohammed as Amjad * Pran Krisnan as Anwar *

as Iqbal * Ibrahim (''Heengwala'') as Akbar * Durga Mota as Augustus * Baby Akhtar as Najma * Nafees Begum as Mother * G. N. Butt as Ramsaran * M. Channi as Nisar

Music

The music was composed by Ghulam Haider and the lyrics by M. D. Taseer, Nazim Panipati and D. N. Madhok. The playback singers include

Shamshad Begum Shamshad Begum (Hindi: शमशाद बेगम, IAST: ''Śamśād Bēgam''; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013) was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Notable for her distinctive voice and r ...

, Ghulam Haider and Nasim Akhtar. This film was a landmark movie for Ghulam Haider and

as well as the film director

. All 3 ended up becoming well-sought-after persons, when this film became a mega-hit musical movie.Khandaan (1942 film) on MuVyz.com website
Retrieved 7 November 2020 1. "Mere Liye Jahan Mein Chaen Hai Naa Qaraar Hai" -

2. "Tu Kaunsi Badli Mein Mere Chand Hai Aaja" - Noor Jehan 3. "Khelenge Hum Aankh Macholi" - Noor Jehan 4. "Mere Baagh Ka Mali Phir Aagaya" -

5. "Maar Gayi Re Hamein Teri Nazaria" - Noor Jehan 6. "Udja Udja Panchhi Udja" - Noor Jehan & Ghulam Haider 7. "Chalo Paniya Bharan Ko Chalein" – Shamshad Begum & Nasim Akhtar 8. "Mere Mann Ka Panchhi Kyun Bole" – Noor Jehan 9. "Meri Ammi Ka Raj Bhala" - Shamshad Begum

References

External links

*
Khandan (1942)
on indiancine.ma

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