Jagirdar (film)

Jagirdar
Directed byMehboob Khan
Written byBabubhai Mehta
Produced bySagar Movietone
StarringBibbo
Surendra
Motilal
Yakub
CinematographyKeki Mistry
Faredoon Irani
Music byAnil Biswas
Production
company
Sagar Movietone
Release date
  • 1937 (1937)
Running time
166 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Jagirdar (Landlord) is a 1937 Hindi romantic melodrama film directed by Mehboob Khan,[1] and starring Bibbo, Motilal, Surendra, Yakub, Pande, Sankatha Prasad, Pesi Patel and Maya Banerjee.[2]

The film was produced by Sagar Movietone and was Anil Biswas' first major venture as an independent music director. After the success of Manmohan, Anil Biswas replaced Ashok Ghosh as an acclaimed composer continuously producing a range of successful music.[3] The story was written by Babubhai Mehta with dialogues credited to Zia Sarhadi. The lyricists were Zia Sarhadi and Pandit Indra Sharma.

  1. ^ Crow, Jonathan (2014). "Jagirdar 1937 Overview". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Jagirdar 1937". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Rauf (2008). Mehboob Khan The Legends of Indian Cinema Series. Delhi, India: Wisdom Tree. p. 31. ISBN 9788183281065.