Ek Hi Raasta (1939 film)

This article is about the 1939 film. For other uses, see Ek Hi Raasta.

Ek Hi Raasta
Directed byMehboob Khan
Written byBabubhai A. Mehta
Wajahat Mirza
Produced bySagar Movietone
StarringSheikh Mukhtar
Arun Kumar Ahuja
Anuradha
Kanhaiyalal
CinematographyFaredoon Irani
Music byAnil Biswas
Production
company
Sagar Movietone
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
149 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Ek Hi Raasta (Hindi: एक ही रास्ता, The Only Way) is a 1939 Hindi social film directed by Mehboob Khan.[1] The director of photography was Faredoon Irani with story by Babubhai A. Mehta and Wajahat Mirza.[2] The film was produced by Sagar Movietone. The cast included Arun Kumar Ahuja, Sheikh Mukhtar, Anuradha, Kanhaiyalal and Harish.[3] This was the debut film of Sheikh Mukhtar, who went on to act in and direct several successful films,[4] and Arun Kumar Ahuja, a prominent actor in the 1940s. Ek Hi Raasta is a film about wrongs of society and its laws. It was one of the early Hindi films to make a noticeable application of WW II.[5]

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  2. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Willemen, Ashish, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (2, revised ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781135943189.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Ek Hi Raasta 1939". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. ^ Ahmed, Rauf (2008). Mehboob Khan The Legends of Indian Cinema Series. Delhi, India: Wisdom Tree. p. 34. ISBN 9788183281065.
  5. ^ Rangoonwalla, Firoze (1975). 75 years of Indian cinema. India: Indian Book Co. Retrieved 7 September 2014.