Dillagi (1949 film)

Dillagi
Film poster
Directed byA. R. Kardar
Written byAzm Bazidpuri
Story byAzm Bazidpuri
Produced byA. R. Kardar
Starring
CinematographyDwarka Divecha (as Dwarkadas Divecha)
Edited byG. G. Mayekar
Music byNaushad
Production
company
Distributed byKardar Productions
Release date
  • 1949 (1949)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindustani

Dillagi (transl. The Jest) is a 1949 Indian Bollywood film. The film was produced and directed by A. R. Kardar for his "Kardar Productions", and had music composed by Naushad.[1] The film starred Suraiya and Shyam, alongside Chandabai, Sharda, Amar and Amir Banu.[2] The story was a romantic tragedy and became commercially successful, being the fourth highest grossing film of the year.[3]

The plot was adapted from Wuthering Heights directed by William Wyler.[4] Kardar later use a similar theme in Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966). Deepa Gahlot added the film in her book 50 Films that Deserve a New Audience.[5][6]

  1. ^ Brian Diettrich; Jane Freeman Moulin; Michael Hugh Webb (1 January 2011). Music in Pacific Island Cultures: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. Oxford University Press. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-0-19-986254-2.
  2. ^ Tilak Rishi (2012). Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on Completing 100 Years. Trafford Publishing. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1-4669-3963-9.
  3. ^ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1949". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
  4. ^ Bhagwan Das Garga (1996). So many cinemas: the motion picture in India. Eminence Designs. ISBN 978-81-900602-1-9. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ^ Emily Bronte. Wuthering Heights (Annotated). Bronson Tweed Publishing. pp. 225–. GGKEY:JXQKH8ETFJN.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Deepa Gahlot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).