Leather Face

Leather Face
Poster
Directed byVijay Bhatt
Produced by"Vijay-Shankar" Bhatt
StarringP. Jairaj
Mehtab
Jal Writer
Shirin
Music byLallubhai Nayak
Shankar Rao Vyas
Production
company
Prakash Pictures
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
166 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Leather Face, also known as Farzand-e-Watan, is a 1939 Indian Hindi-language action film produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt for his production company Prakash Pictures.[1][2] Bhatt cast the young Mahjabeen, then six years, who went on to become the famous actress, Meena Kumari.[3] The story writers were Batuk Bhatt and Sampatlal Srivastava. The music direction was by Lallubhai Nayak and Shankar Rao Vyas with the lyrics written by Pandit Anuj. It starred P. Jairaj, Mehtab, Jal Writer, Shirin, M. Zahur, Lallubhai Nayak, Bholaram and Baby Mahjabeen (Meena Kumari).[4]

Leather Face, cited as one of Bhatt's successful "stunt" films along with State Express made a year earlier, had features similar to it. The use of a masked protagonist (Jairaj), the dog Tiger, and the stunts made the film popular with the public.[1]

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  2. ^ Ashok Raj (1 November 2009). Hero Vol.1. Hay House, Inc. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-93-81398-02-9. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ^ Ausaja, S M M. "Romancing The Reel". archive.tehelka.com. Anant Media Pvt. Ltd. Tehelka.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Farzande Watan". Alan Goble. Retrieved 14 January 2015.