''Ek Din Ka Sultan'' (King For A Day) is a

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historical drama film produced and directed by

Sohrab Modi Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer. His films include ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' (1935), a version of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', ''Sikandar (1941 film), Sikandar'', '' ...

with story by

Agha Jani Kashmiri Syed Wajid Hussain Rizvi (Urdu: , born 16 October 1908 – 27 March 1998), better known by his film screen name, Agha Jani Kashmiri (Urdu: ), was an Indian screenwriter, former actor and Urdu poet. He worked in Bollywood films, as a writer for a ...

. The production company was Minerva Movietone with cinematography by Y. D. Sarpotdar. The music was composed by Rafiq Ghaznavi, Shanti Kumar Desai and D. Gadkar with lyrics by Wali Saheb. The stars featuring in the film were

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, Wasti, Pratima Devi, Ghulam Hussain and Ghory. The film was a "minor historical" using a small incident from the time of Emperor

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's reign. Gangar cites that ''Ek Din Ka Sultan'' was hailed as a "well-directed" film with "some beautiful production values".

Cast

* Wasti * Sadiq Ali * Ghulam Mohammed * A. Shah * Pratima Devi * Ghory * Amir Banu * Shantarin

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by three music directors, Rafiq Ghaznavi, Shanti Kumar Desai and Dattaram V. Gadkar with the lyrics written by Wali Saheb. Playback singing was provided by

Amirbai Karnataki Amirbai Karnataki ( – 3 March 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the early Hindi cinema and was famous as ''Kannada Kokila''. Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song '' Vaishnav Jan To''. Early life Amirbai Karn ...

, G. M. Durrani,

Zohrabai Ambalewali Zohrabai Ambalewali (1918 – 21 February 1990) was an Indian classical singer and playback singer in Hindi cinema in the 1930s and 1940s. She was considered one of the most popular female playback singers of early and mid 1940s. She is best k ...

and Rafiq Ghaznavi.

Song List

References

External links

* {{Sohrab Modi 1945 films 1940s Hindi-language films 1940s Indian films Films scored by Shanti Kumar Desai Films scored by Walter Kaufmann Films scored by Rafiq Ghaznavi Films directed by Sohrab Modi Films set in the Mughal Empire Films about royalty Indian black-and-white films 1940s historical drama films Indian historical drama films 1940s Urdu-language films 1945 drama films Urdu-language Indian films