Al Hilal (film)

Al Hilal
Directed byMehboob Khan
Written byWajahat Mirza
Produced bySagar Movietone
StarringKumar
Indira
Yakub
Kayam Ali
CinematographyFaredoon Irani
Music byPransukh Nayak
Production
company
Sagar Movietone
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
158 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Al Hilal (Judgement of Allah) is a 1935 Urdu/Hindi costume drama film.[1] It was the debut directorial venture of Mehboob Khan.[2] He went on to become "one of the pioneer directors of Indian Cinema".[3] The film is thought to be inspired by Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross.[4] The film was produced by Sagar Movietone. The director of photography was Faredoon Irani. The music composer was Pransukh Nayak with lyrics by Munshi Ehsan Lucknavi.[5] It starred Kumar, Indira, Yakub, Sitara Devi, Kayam Ali and Mehboob Khan.[6] The film depicted fictionalised history in the form of a Roman-Arab conflict, with the son of the Ottoman Empire being captured by the Roman army and his escape from them.

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  2. ^ "Film & Television Producers Guild of India – Mehboob Khan Founder Member". filmtvguildindia.org. The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. ^ Abootty (4 April 2014). "Remembering the Pioneer of Indian Cinema". The New Indian Express. Indian Express. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014.
  4. ^ Ahmed, Rauf (2008). Mehboob Khan The Legends of Indian Cinema Series. India: Wisdom Tree. p. 21. ISBN 9788183281065.
  5. ^ "Judgement of Allah 1935". MuVyz. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Al Hilal 1935". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 7 September 2014.