Milan (1946 film)

Milan
Directed byNitin Bose
Screenplay bySajanikanta Das
Story byRabindranath Tagore
Produced byHiten Chaudhary
StarringDilip Kumar
Mira Misra
CinematographyRadhu Karmakar
Edited byKali Raha
Music byAnil Biswas
Production
company
Release date
  • August 9, 1946 (1946-08-09)
Running time
120 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Milan (transl. Union) is a 1946 Hindi-language drama film directed by Nitin Bose. The film starred Dilip Kumar, Mira Misra, Ranjana, Pahari Sanyal and Moni Chatterjee.[1] It was an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 Bengali story Noukadubi (The Wreck).[2] The screenplay adaptation was done by Sajanikanta Das with dialogues translated into Hindi by P. L. Santoshi. The film's music was composed by Anil Biswas[3] and the lyrics written by P. L. Santoshi and Arzu Lakhnavi.

The story revolves around a young law student who is forced into an arranged marriage though he is in love with another woman. Following the wedding, the drama focuses on the bride's mistaken identity and the search for her husband.

  1. ^ CITWF. "Milan". Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ^ Observer, Daily. "Adaptations of Tagore's works in films". observerbd.com. Daily Observer Ltd. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. ^ Chatterjee, Shoma (28 April 2011). "The Bard of Indian Cinema". archive. Indian Express. Indian Express. Retrieved 27 June 2014.