''Behram Khan'' lso spelt ''Bairam Khan''is a

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film. It was released in 1946.

Details

The story of the movie, about the

Mughal army The Army of the Mughal Empire was the force by which the Mughal emperors established their empire in the 15th century and expanded it to its greatest extent at the beginning of the 18th century. Although its origins, like the Mughals themselves, ...

commander

Bairam Khan Muhammad Bairam Khan( Persianمحمد بیرام خان) (18 January 150131 January 1561), commonly known as Bairam Khan or Bayram Khan was an important military commander, and later commander-in-chief of the Mughal army, a powerful statesman a ...

, was written by famed poet and writer

Hakim Ahmad Shuja Hakim Ahmad Shuja MBE (; sometimes written as 'Hakeem Ahmed Shujah' and 'Hakim Ahmad Shuja Pasha') (4 November 1893 – 4 January 1969), was a famous Urdu and Persian poet, playwright, writer, film writer and lyricist, scholar and mysti ...

, assisted by

Kamal Amrohi Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi (17 January 1918 – 11 February 1993), popularly known as Kamal Amrohi, was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He was also an Urdu and Hindi poet. His Hindi films include '' Mahal'' (1949), '' Pakeezah'' ...

, and was directed by

Gajanan Jagirdar Gajanan Jagirdar (2 April 1907 – 13 August 1988) was a veteran Indian film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked in Hindi Cinema, also called Bollywood, as well as Marathi cinema. The period of 1942 to 1947, saw his rise as a film dire ...

, who also starred in it. The music was composed by Ghulam Haider. Other main cast members included Mehtab,

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, Yusuf Effendi, Sunalini Devi and Suresh. Poster announcing the film along with details of cast etc, 1945
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* 1946 films 1940s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films Films directed by Gajanan Jagirdar Indian biographical drama films Indian historical drama films Films set in the Mughal Empire {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub