Khandaan (1942 film)

Khandaan (transl. Family), also spelled as Khan Daan, is a 1942 muslim social Bollywood film directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (in his directorial debut) and produced by D.M. Pancholi,^[1][2] starring Pran, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Mohammed and M. Ajmal.^[3]

Khandaan
Film poster
Directed by	Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
Written by	Imtiaz Ali Taj
Story by	Imtiaz Ali Taj
Produced by	Pancholi Pictures
Starring	Pran Noor Jehan Manorama M. Ajmal Ghulam Mohammed Ibrahim
Edited by	M.A.Latif
Music by	Ghulam Haider
Production company	P.H.P Lahore
Release date	25 April 1942 (1942-04-25)
Running time	2 hours 54 minutes
Country	British India
Language	Hindustani

Khandaan

It was written by author Imtiaz Ali Taj and made in Pancholi's Lahore studio. For the first time in British India, 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.^[4] Noor Jehan achieved an overnight stardom following the success of the film.^[5] The film also established the career of director Rizvi and music composer Haider.^[6]

Khandaan is among the few surviving films that hailed from the genre of Muslim social films and was produced in Lahore, British India.^[7]

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. 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.

Cast

• Noor Jehan as Zeenat^[3][2]
• Manorama as Nargis^[3]
• Moolchand as riding bicycles behind Noor Jehen's car
• Ghulam Mohammed as Amjad
• Pran Krisnan as Anwar^[2]
• M. Ajmal as Iqbal^[3]
• Ibrahim (Heengwala) as Akbar
• Durga Mota as Augustus
• Baby Akhtar as Najma^[3]
• Nafees Begum as Mother
• G. N. Butt as Ramsaran
• M. Channi as Nisar

Music

The music was composed by Ghulam Haider^[2] and the lyrics by M. D. Taseer, Nazim Panipati and D. N. Madhok. The playback singers include Noor Jehan, Shamshad Begum, Ghulam Haider and Nasim Akhtar. This film was a landmark movie for Ghulam Haider and Noor Jehan as well as the film director Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. All 3 ended up becoming well-sought-after persons, when this film became a mega-hit musical movie.^[2][8]

1. "Mere Liye Jahan Mein Chaen Hai Naa Qaraar Hai" - Noor Jehan^[3]

2. "Tu Kaunsi Badli Mein Mere Chand Hai Aaja" - Noor Jehan^[2]

3. "Khelenge Hum Aankh Macholi" - Noor Jehan^[2]

4. "Mere Baagh Ka Mali Phir Aagaya" - Shamshad Begum

5. "Maar Gayi Re Hamein Teri Nazaria" - Noor Jehan

6. "Udja Udja Panchhi Udja" - Noor Jehan & Ghulam Haider^[3]

7. "Chalo Paniya Bharan Ko Chalein" – Shamshad Begum & Nasim Akhtar^[3]

8. "Mere Mann Ka Panchhi Kyun Bole" – Noor Jehan

9. "Meri Ammi Ka Raj Bhala" - Shamshad Begum