''Anmol Rattan'' (Rare Jewel) is 1950 Bollywood drama film directed by

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. The film was produced by Jaimani Dewan for his Dewan Productions banner, with music composed by

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. The film starred Karan Dewan, who was known as a "jubilee star" with most of his films becoming box-office successes. He was the younger brother of producer Jaimani Dewan. Karan's co-stars were Meena Shorey (credited, as she was in all her films, as just Meena), Nirmala, Gope,

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and Gulab. The story was written by

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, who also wrote the lyrics and screenplay. Karan Dewan plays an idealistic struggling writer, who is waiting for his book to be published. His love interest was played by Meena.

Cast

* Karan Dewan * Meena Shorey (as Meena in credit roll) *

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* Gulab * Nirmala

Review

''Anmol Rattans review was titled "M. Sadiq's Insipid Direction". The film was called a "worthless picture" from Jaimini Dewan, "there was nothing anmol about it". The director M. Sadiq, and story writer D. N. Madhok, came in for harsh criticism stating that they had "insulted all cinegoers" by making this film. The photography by Ratanlal Nagar was praised as "the only man who has done his job well", as was actor Gope in his comic role "the only artiste who gave a good performance".

Music

The soundtrack was composed by

, with lyrics by

. Vinod used Talat Mehmood in ''Anmol Rattan'' as Talat's first venture in Hindi films. However, since '' Arzoo'' (1950) was released earlier the credit of Talat's first song goes to composer Anil Biswas for the song "Ae Dil Mujhe Aisi Jagah Le Chal". The popularity of that

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had Vinod choose Talat for one more film ''Wafa'' (1950). Playback singers included Talat Mahmood, Lata Mangeshkar, Nirmala and Asha Bhosle.

Songlist

References

External links

* * {{Bollywood Hungama movie, anmol-ratan 1950 films 1950s Hindi-language films 1950 drama films Indian drama films Films scored by Vinod Hindi-language drama films Indian black-and-white films Films directed by M. Sadiq