Singaar

Singaar
Directed byJ. K. Nanda
Written byJ. K. Nanda
Screenplay byJ. K. Nanda
Produced byR. B. Haldia
Starring
CinematographyRajnikant Pandya
Music byKhurshid Anwar
Production
company
Shree Sound Studio
Release date
  • 12 December 1949 (1949-12-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Singaar (lit. 'Embellishment') is a 1949 Indian Hindi-language romantic film directed by J. K. Nanda. Produced by R. B. Haldia under his production company, the film stars Suraiya, Madhubala and Jairaj, with Durga Khote and K. N. Singh appearing in supporting roles. The music of the film was composed by Khurshid Anwar.[1]

Also written by Nanda, Singaar featured Suraiya and Jairaj as a couple whose marriage begins troubling after he falls in love with a prostitute named Sitara, played by Madhubala. Principal photography of Singaar took place in Shree Sound studio in Bombay, and was marked by professional rivalry between Suraiya and Madhubala. After many delays, the film was theatrically released on 12 December 1949, and became a critical and commercial success.[2] Madhubala's work specially gained widespread praise. The following year Anwar won an award for composing the music of the film.[3]

  1. ^ Akbar 1997, p. 137.
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