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Film from India

Kaneez
Directed byKrishan Kumar
Screenplay byHasrat Lucknavi
Story byHasrat Lucknavi
Produced byKrishan Kumar
StarringMunawar Sultana
Shyam
Kuldeep Kaur
Ramesh Sinha
Khwaja Sabir
Nazir Kashmiri
Urmila Devi
Jillo Bai
Tiwari
Music byGhulam Haider
Hansraj Behl
O.P. Nayyar (Film score)
Release date
  • 1949 (1949)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Kaneez is a 1949 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed and produced by Krishan Kumar, starring Shyam, Munawar Sultana and Kuldip Kaur in lead roles.

Plot

Sabira is the daughter of a wealthy man, Akbar, who is cheated by his manager, Hamid, and forced into a mental home. Sabira marries Hamid's son, Akhtar, but the marriage is destroyed by a woman called Darling, who is after Akhtar for his money. Sabira is forced to become a servant in her own house, but she recovers her place as the mistress as Darling is exposed and Akhtar realized her worth for him.

Cast

  • Munawwar Sultana as Sabira, Akbar's daughter
  • Shyam as Akhtar, Hamid's son
  • Urmila Devi as Hamida
  • Kuldip Kaur as Miss Darling
  • Jillo as Sakira
  • Khwaja Sabir as Hamid Ul Hasan, Akbar's manager
  • Shyama as Suraiya
  • S.K. Prem as Anwar
  • Ramesh Sinha as Seth Akbar
  • Bibi as Sakira
  • Nazir Kashmiri as Family Doctor
  • Baby Anwari as Young Hamida
  • Baby Urmila as Young Sabira
  • Master Naresh as Young Akhtar

Music

The music was composed by the two very well known composers then, Ghulam Haider and Hansraj Behl with a large playback of Shamshad Begum, Mohammad Rafi, Surinder Kaur, Geeta Dutt, Zeenat Begum, G. M. Durrani, S. D. Batish and Rajkumari Dubey. The lyrics were written by Hasrat Lucknavi, Sarshar Sailani, Shahir Ghaznavi and Harishchandra Akhtar. O.P. Nayyar composed the background music.

References

  1. ^ "Kaneez (a film review)". upperstall.com website. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Kaneez (1949 film)". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. Surindar Kaur - Umeedon Par Udaasi Chha Gaii - Kaneez (1949) on YouTube
  4. "Kaneez (1949 film) - Cast and crew". Cinestaan.com website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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