Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945)

Original title

एक दिन का सुल्तान

Directed by

Sohrab Modi

Genre

historical film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 27m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A minor incident from the reign of Emperor Humayun is dramatized. A commoner becomes a king for a day.

dramatichistoricalstatelyearnestgrandperiodseriousorchestral

What happens

Ek Din Ka Sultan (King For A Day) is a 1945 Hindi/Urdu historical drama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi with story by Agha Jani Kashmiri. The production company was Minerva Movietone with cinematography by Y. D. Sarpotdar. The music was composed by Rafiq Ghaznavi, Shanti Kumar Desai and D. Gadkar with lyrics by Wali Saheb. The stars featuring in the film were Mehtab, Wasti, Pratima Devi, Ghulam Hussain and Ghory. The film was a "minor historical" using a small incident from the time of Emperor Humayun's reign. Gangar cites that Ek Din Ka Sultan was hailed as a "well-directed" film with "some beautiful production values". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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