''Manjhdhar'' (The Flow Of The River) or (Lost in Mid-stream) is a
1947 Hindi
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historical drama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi for Minerva Movietone.
The story was by Pandit Sudarshan, with art direction by Rusi K. Banker and sound recording by M. Eduljee. It had music composed by
Ghulam Haider,
Gyan Dutt
Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as ''Thokar'' (1939), '' Achhut'' (1940), '' Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), ''Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of hi ...
and
Anil Biswas, the lyricist was Shams Lucknowi. The film starred Sohrab Modi,
Khursheed
Khorshīd or Khorshēd ( , meaning ''the Sun'' or the "Radiant Sun"), also spelled as ''Khurshed'' and ''Khurshid'', is a Persian given name. In the modern day as well as historical Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, but also in Iraqi Kurdistan, Egypt, ...
,
Surendra, Eruch Tarapore and Rafiq Ghaznavi.
Cast
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Sohrab Modi
Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer. His films include ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' (1935), a version of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', '' Sikandar'', ''Pukar'', ''Prithvi Va ...
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Khursheed
Khorshīd or Khorshēd ( , meaning ''the Sun'' or the "Radiant Sun"), also spelled as ''Khurshed'' and ''Khurshid'', is a Persian given name. In the modern day as well as historical Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, but also in Iraqi Kurdistan, Egypt, ...
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Surendra
* Sadiq Ali
* Baby
Tabassum
Kiran Bala Govil ( Sachdev; 9 July 1944 – 18 November 2022), known professionally as Tabassum, was an Indian actress, talk show host and YouTuber, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a television career ...
* Eruch Tarapore
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Rafiq Ghaznavi
* Surekha
Soundtrack
Majhdhar had music composed by
Ghulam Haider,
Gyan Dutt
Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as ''Thokar'' (1939), '' Achhut'' (1940), '' Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), ''Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of hi ...
and
Anil Biswas while the lyricist was Shams Lucknowi. The singers were the actors
Surendra and
Khursheed
Khorshīd or Khorshēd ( , meaning ''the Sun'' or the "Radiant Sun"), also spelled as ''Khurshed'' and ''Khurshid'', is a Persian given name. In the modern day as well as historical Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, but also in Iraqi Kurdistan, Egypt, ...
Some of the notable songs of this film were "Jiske Milne Ki Tamanna Thi Wo Pyar Mil Gaya" composed by Ghulam Haider and sung by Khursheed, "Prem Nagar Ki Oar Chale Hain" composed by Gyan Dutt and sung by Khursheed and Surendra, and "Mera Chand Aa Gaya Mere Dware" composed by Anil Biswas and sung by Khursheed and Surendra.
Song list
References
External links
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''Manjdhar''at gomolo.com
1947 films
1940s Hindi-language films
1940s historical films
Films directed by Sohrab Modi
Films scored by Gyan Dutt
Indian historical films
Indian black-and-white films
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