''Maheman'' (The Guest) is a

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film. It was released in

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. The film was produced by

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and 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 ...

. The film starred Madhuri, Ishwarlal,

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, Bhagwandas and Shamim Bano. The music was directed 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 ...

, with lyrics by

D. N. Madhok Dina Nath Madhok (22 October 1902 – 9 July 1982) was a prominent lyricist of Bollywood in the 1940s to 1960s. He started his career with the 1932 film ''Radhey Sham''. He wrote over 800 songs in his career spanning four decades and was regarded ...

Cast

* Madhuri * Ishwarlal * Shamim Bano * Rama Shukal *

* Kesari * Gharpure * Bhagwandas * Indira

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by

with lyrics written by

. The singers were Rajkumari, Shamim Akhtar, Kesari, Sunila Das Gupta and Bulo C. Rani.

Song List

References

External links

* 1942 films 1940s Hindi-language films Films scored by Khemchand Prakash Indian black-and-white films Films directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub