''Bhartrahari'' is a

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film. It was released in

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. The film was directed by

Chaturbhuj Doshi Chaturbhuj Doshi (1894–1969) was a Hindi and Gujarati writer-director of Indian cinema. He was one of the top Gujarati screenplay writers, who helped script stories for the Punatar productions. He is stated to be one of the leading figures who ...

for Navin Pictures and produced by P. B. Zaveri. The music was composed by

Khemchand Prakash Khemchand Prakash (12 December 1907 – 10 August 1949) was a music composer in the Hindi film industry. He had few peers in 1940s, the decade for Indian film music which started with Saigal very active on the scene and ended with Lata Mangeshkar ...

and the lyricist was Pandit Indra Chandra. The cast included

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Mumtaz Shanti Mumtaz Shanti (28 May 1926 – 19 October 1994) was a popular actress in Indian and Pakistani Cinema during 1940s and 1950s. She was known as ''The Jubilee Girl'' because of her roles in films '' Basant'' and '' Kismet''. She worked in films in ...

Jehanara Kajjan Jahanara Kajjan (15 February 1915 – December 1945), or "Miss Kajjan", was an Indian singer and actress active during the 1920s and 1930s, often referred to as the "Nightingale of Bengal".Orsini 2006: 272 The reigning queen of early talkie ...

, Aroon,

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and

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. A devotional film, it was based on the approx. 1st century BC King Bharthari of

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, of folklore. The Hindi film version shows his love for his wife Pingla, his abdication in favour of his brother Vikramaditya, and his subsequent renunciation, going on to become a famous saint-poet.

Cast

* Aroon * Sulochana Chatterji * Yashwant Dave * Nagendra

Tamil version

'' Bharthruhari'' was made in

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in 1944 and directed by

K. Subramanyam K. Subramaniyam (20 April 1904 – 7 April 1971), born Krishnasamy Subramaniyam, was an Indian film director of the 1930s and 1940s. Dancer Padma Subrahmanyam is his daughter. Biography Subramanyam was involved in the establishment of the T ...

. The film starred

Serukalathur Sama Swaminathan Vaidyanathan (26 June 1904—11 January 1963), known by his stage name Serukulathur Sama, was an Indian stage and film actor who was primarily known for playing the role of the Hindu god Krishna in Tamil language Hindu mythological ...

, B. Jayamma, G. Pattu Iyer, N. S. Krishnan and

V. N. Janaki Vaikom Narayani Janaki (30 November 192319 May 1996), also known as Janaki Ramachandran, was an Indian politician, actress and activist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for 23 days after the death of her husband M. G. Ramachandra ...

. The music was composed was V. K. Parthasarathy Ayyangar. The film had a duet sung by Jayamma and Krishnan.

Soundtrack

Music director was

and one of the notable songs by

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was the semi-classical bol Banav

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, "Chanda Des Piya Ke" in

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Marubihag. The

bhajan Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root word ''bhaj'' ...

sung by Surendra, "Bhiksha De De Maiya Pingla" followed the pattern set by K. C. Dey in '' Dhoop Chhaon'' (1935) "Teri Gathari Mein Laaga Chor" for bhajan singing and became popular. Lyricist was Pandit Indra and the singers were

and Jehanara Kajjan.

Song List

References

External links

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