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| Directed by | A. R. Kardar |
| Written by | M. Sadiq |
| Produced by | Chandulal Shah |
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| Cinematography | Krishna Gopal |
| Music by | Khemchand Prakash |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Holi (Festival Of Colour) is a 1940 Hindi/Urdu social drama film directed by A. R. Kardar.[1] Holi was produced by Ranjit Movietone and had music composed by Khemchand Prakash with lyrics by D. N. Madhok.[2] It had Khursheed and Motilal starring in the lead with Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Keshavrao Date, Dixit, Ghory and Manohar Kapoor.[3]
With two love stories as a format, the film pits the rich against the poor, in the shape of two pairs of lovers; a poor-girl-rich-boy, and a rich-boy-poor-girl. The film showed Motilal as a villain who reforms through the love of Kokila, played by Khursheed.[4]
- ^ "Holi (1940)". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Patel, Baburao (April 1940). "Holi Meant Only For Entertainment". Filmindia. 6 (4): 53. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ "Holi". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen; Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. pp. 285–. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9. Retrieved 25 March 2015.