Shehnai (1947)
शहनाई
A struggling entertainer trying to keep his dance company afloat with the help of his four daughters. However, his wife is worried about the disrepute the profession is bringing the girls and diminishing their chances of marriage.
- Date of release
- 1947-08-15
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- P.L. Santoshi
Casting
- Nasir Khan — Rajesh
- Rehana — Prameela
- Indumati — Zamindar's Daughter
- Kishore Kumar — Police Inspector
- Dulari
- Leela Mishra
- Mumtaz Ali
- Niranjan Sharma
- Kumkum
- S.L. Puri
Interesting facts
Shehnai is a 1947 Indian Hindi language film directed by P. L. Santoshi, starring Kishore Kumar, Indumati, Radhakrishan, V.H. Desai and Rehana. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1947. Santoshi went on make the classic, Barsaat Ki Raat (1960) starring Madhubala and Bharat Bhushan.
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