''Aabroo'' (Hindi: आबरू, transl. reputation) is a

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. It was released in

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

. The film was directed by Nazir and starred

Sitara Devi Sitara Devi (born Dhanlakshmi; 8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress. She was the recipient of several awards and accolades, and performed at several prest ...

Yakub Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub (, also transliterated in other ways; ''Yakob,'' as commonly westernized) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...

, Masud, Nazir Ahmed, Laddan and Chandabai. The music was composed by

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. Nazir had starred with Sitara Devi earlier in ''Baagbaan'' (1938) and when he re-launched his banner 'Hind Pictures' in 1943, he offered a partnership to Sitara Devi. She acted in all the five films produced by Hind Pictures that year. Four of them including ''Aabroo'' co-starred Nazir while one (''Salma'') had Ishwarlal opposite her.

Cast

* Sitara as Shobha and Malti * Yaqoob as Hari * Jagdish as Dharam Dass * Nazir as Jeevan *Masood as Kunwar *Shakir as Pujari *Chanda Bai as Lachhi's mother *Vatsala Kumthekar as Lachhi *Janardan Sharma as Manager *Laddan

Soundtrack

The music director was Pandit Gobindram and the lyrics were written by several lyricists, namely: Tanveer Naqvi, Rajjan, Hasrat Lakhnavi, Swami Ramanand Saraswati. One version of the old popular song "Inhi Logon Ne Le Leena Dupatta Mera" is rendered in the film by Yakub. The lyrics are credited to Tanvir Naqvi, though there is a song recorded earlier than this. The song later gained popularity when used in ''

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'' 1972, sung by

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and with lyrics credited to

Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi language film industry. He wrote lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was one of the dom ...

Discography

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id = 0177476, title =Aabroo
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