State Express
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State Express is a 1938 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Vijay Bhatt for his production company Prakash Pictures.[1][2] The film's music was composed by Lallubhai Nayak and the dialogues were written by Sampatlal Srivastava. Zakaria Khan, named Jayant by Vijay Bhatt, and who was to become a famous character artist, started his career as a leading man in several of Bhatt's earlier films from Bombay Mail (1935) to Bijli (1939), including State Express[3] The film starred Jayant, Sardar Akhtar, Umakant, Lallubhai Nayak, Shirin and Ismail.[4]
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Directed by | Vijay Bhatt |
Written by | Sampatlal Srivastava (dialogue) |
Produced by | Vijay Bhatt |
Starring | Jayant Sardar Akhtar Umakant Shirin |
Music by | Lallubhai Nayak Pandit Anuj (lyrics) |
Production company | Prakash Pictures |
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Running time | 171 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
State Express involved a masked heroine (Sardar Akhtar) who performed several stunts, a young prince (Jayant), and his scheming uncle. The film had the basic ‘stunt’ film features, masked characters, a gorilla, two dogs Tommy and Tiger (given poster credit) and crashing trains.[5]