Shama is a
1946
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
(pre-
partition)
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...
film, directed by Sibtain Fazli,
starring
Mehtab
Mehtab is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Mehtab (actress) (1913–1997), Indian actress
* Mehtab Abbasi (born 1953), Pakistani politician
* Mehtab Hossain (born 1985), Indian footballer and coach
...
, Chanda Bai, Sadat Ali,
Wasti
Wāsiṭī (, also anglicized as Wasity or Wasti) is a toponymic surname originating from the city of Wasit, Iraq. Twelver Shias in India and Pakistan descending from Zayd ibn Ali also carry the surname along with Zaidi (see Zaidi Wasitis). Notabl ...
and Amir Bano in lead roles.
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Music
Ghulam Haider composed the music[ for the film and for playback singers, ]Shamshad Begum
Shamshad Begum (Urdu: شمشاد بیگم, IAST: ''Śamśād Bēgam''; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013) was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.
Notable for her distinctive voice and range, sh ...
, Hamida Banu, 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 G. M. Durrani. Shams Lucknavi, Ehsan Rizvi and Shewan Rizvi wrote the lyrics.
References
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1946 films
1940s Urdu-language films
1940s Hindi-language films
1940s Indian films
Indian black-and-white films
Films scored by Ghulam Haider
Urdu-language Indian films
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