Underplayed Gems

Chandni Chowk (1954)

Chandni Chowk poster
Directed by
Baldev Raj Chopra
Country
India
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
U
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Nawab from the Chandni Chowk area of 1920s Delhi gets tricked into marrying his daughter to a gardener's son. The story follows the fallout from this deception.

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What happens

Chandni Chowk is a 1954 classic Muslim social drama film directed by B. R. Chopra. The music was composed by Roshan with lyrics written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, Saifuddin Saif, Kamil Rashid, Shailendra and Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. Story was by D. P. Berry with screenplay by I. S. Johar and dialogue written by Kamil Rashid. Produced by Prince Hira Sinh of Baria and Goverdhandas Aggarwal under the banner of Hira Films. The director of photography was Keki Mistry. The film starred Meena Kumari, Shekhar, Jeevan, Agha, Achala Sachdev and Smriti Biswas. The main hero Shekhar was one of the less appreciated lead actors of the 1940s and 1950s but has been cited as a "master of realistic portrayals" usually cast in "mid-budget films". The story involves a Nawab belonging to the Chandni Chowk area of Delhi in the early 1920s, who gets "tricked into marrying his daughter to the gardener's son". In October 2015, Deepa Gahlot mentioned the film in her book 50 Films that Deserve a New Audience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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