''Manjhdhar'' (The Flow Of The River) or (Lost in Mid-stream) is a

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historical drama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi for Minerva Movietone. The story was by Pandit Sudarshan, with art direction by Rusi K. Banker and sound recording by M. Eduljee. It had music composed by Ghulam Haider,

Gyan Dutt Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as The Secretary, ''Thokar'' (1939), '' Achhut'' (1940), ''Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), '' Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (19 ...

and Anil Biswas, the lyricist was Shams Lucknowi. The film starred Sohrab Modi, Khursheed,

Surendra Surendra is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: * Surendra (actor), Indian singer and actor * Surendra Bhave * Surendra Chaturvedi * Surendra Dubey * Surendra Gambhir * Surendra Hiranandani * Surendra Jain * ...

, Eruch Tarapore and Rafiq Ghaznavi.

Cast

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'', '' ...

* Khursheed *

* Sadiq Ali * Baby

Tabassum Tabassum (born Kiran Bala Sachdev; 9 July 1944 – 18 November 2022), was an Indian actress, talk show host and YouTuber, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a television career as the host of first TV t ...

* Eruch Tarapore *

Rafiq Ghaznavi Rafiq Ghaznavi (1907 – 4 March 1974) was a British Indian and later a Pakistani musician and actor in pre-partition Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema. Early life and education Rafiq Ghaznavi's ancestors were from Ghazni, Af ...

* Surekha

Soundtrack

Majhdhar had music composed by Ghulam Haider,

and Anil Biswas while the lyricist was Shams Lucknowi. The singers were the actors

and Khursheed Some of the notable songs of this film were "Jiske Milne Ki Tamanna Thi Wo Pyar Mil Gaya" composed by Ghulam Haider and sung by Khursheed, "Prem Nagar Ki Oar Chale Hain" composed by Gyan Dutt and sung by Khursheed and Surendra, and "Mera Chand Aa Gaya Mere Dware" composed by Anil Biswas and sung by Khursheed and Surendra.

Song list

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