''Dhiraj'' (Patience) is a
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
social
film. It was released in
1942
Events
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.
The film was directed by
Chaturbhuj Doshi for
Ranjit Movietone.
Gyan Dutt was the music director, with lyrics by Pandit Indra.
The cast included
Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Kesari, Nurjehan.
''Dhiraj'' was doing successful business at the box-office when it was banned by the British government on the request of the Advisors to the governors. "They had grown intolerant of introduction of symbols like pictures of national leaders in films".
Cast
*
Sitara Devi
*
Ishwarlal
* Kesari
* Nurjehan
* Khatoon
* dhiraj
Rajkumari
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Gyan Dutt and the lyricist was Pandit Indra. The singers were Ishwar Lal, Gyan Dutt, Nur Jehan, Kesari.
Songlist
References
External links
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1942 films
1940s Hindi-language films
Films scored by Gyan Dutt
Indian black-and-white films
Films directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi
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