''Rattan '' or ''Ratan'' is a

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Indian film, directed by M. Sadiq, produced by

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, and starring Swaran Lata,

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and Amir Bano. It was the highest-grossing film of 1944. The film is noted as the film which made

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one of the top music directors in the

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Cast

* Swaranlata as Gauri *

as Govind *Wasti as Rattan, Gangu's brother *Badri Prasad as Govind's father *Manju as Manju, Rattan's sister *Gulab as Govind's mother *Rajkumari Shukla *Auzurie as Gangu *Chanda Bai as the Bhabhi *Amirbano as Gauri's mother

Music

The film had music by

, with lyrics by the popular poet of the 1940s, D. N. Madhok. * "Akkhiyan Mila Ke Jiya Bharma Ke, Chale Nahin Jana" - Zohrabai Ambalawali * "Rum Jhum Barse Baadarwa, Mast Hawain Aaein, Piya Ghar Aaja" - Zohrabai Ambalawali * "Milke Bichhad Gayii Akkhiyan" -

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 ...

* "Jab Tum Hi Chale Pardes Laga Kar Theiss" -

* "O janewale Balamwa" - Amirbai Karnataki and Shyam Kumar * "Pardesi Balma Baadal Aaya" - Zohrabai Ambalewali * "Aai Diwali Aai Diwali" - Zohrabai Ambalewali * "Angdai Teri Hai Bahana" - Manju * "Jhoothe Hain Sab Sapne Suhane" - Manju * "Sawan Ke Baadalo Unn Se Yeh Jaa Kaho" -

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 Karan DewanRattan (1944 film) soundtracks on hindigeetmala.net website
Retrieved 5 November 2020

References

External links

*
Rattan (film) on YouTube
1944 films 1940s Hindi-language films 1940s Indian films Films scored by Naushad 1940s Urdu-language films Indian romantic musical films 1940s romantic musical films Films directed by M. Sadiq Urdu-language Indian films Indian romantic drama films Indian musical drama films {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub