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CHAR DARVESH –Urdu-(
3/2/1934)
Released At ALFRED TALKIE HOUSE
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This
film was also known as
ARAB KA SAUDAGAR or
MERCHANT
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OF ARABIA |
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Producer :
Radha Films
Direction : Prafulla Ghosh |
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Music :
Radhacharan Bhattacharya
Lyrics :
P.J.Mehera |
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There were twelve songs
in the film including those of Miss Angurbala |
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and KANAN |
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Cast :
Miss Angurbala // Trilok Kapoor // Digambar Kumar |
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Radhacharan
Bhattacharya // S. Das // Binoykumar Goswami |
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Shyam //
Narayan // Koel |
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KANAN |
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Reported as
KANAN’S last film with Radha Films .
However the dates do not |
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agree. She went on with Radha Films till late 1936 ,before
joining the prestigious |
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New Theatres ,where she continued till 1941 before becoming a
free lancer. |
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Her association with NT proved fruitful not only for her but
also for the premiere |
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film company of those days. Each and every film was a big hit
bringing fame and |
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glory both to
KANAN
and NT. She was much sought after
by Bombay producers |
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to work in their films ,something she never agreed to and no
matter what the |
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incentive was it was always declined politely .Her popularity
reached unimaginable |
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heights and her name became a household one and all this
without much media |
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backing which in those days meant newspapers only , no
magazines, periodicals |
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or gossip columns. Her popularity cut through state
boundaries and she was the first |
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Bengal artiste to be known right across the country from
Cashmere to Cape Comorin. |
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In fact she has been recognized as the
FIRST STAR OF THE
INDIAN SCREEN. |
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Her songs were popular too and at a time when records sold
for three to four rupees |
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per piece she got royalty of some Rupees twenty five thousand
quarterly at the |
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height of her singing career. This was simply fantastic . |
