Street Singer (film)

This article is about the 1938 Hindi film. For similar uses, see Street singer (disambiguation).

Street Singer
Directed byPhani Majumdar
Produced byNew Theatres
StarringK. L. Saigal
Kanan Devi
Jagdish Sethi
Bikram Kapoor
CinematographyDilip Gupta
Sudish Ghatak
Music byR. C. Boral
Production
company
Release date
  • 24 November 1938 (1938-11-24)[1]
Running time
135 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Street Singer is a 1938 Indian film directed by Phani Majumdar. It was produced by New Theatres of Calcutta and was Phani Majumdar's first Hindi film as a director.[2] The film was made in Bengali as Sathi in the same year.[3] It stars K. L. Saigal, Kanan Devi, Jagdish Sethi and Bikram Kapoor.[4] The music was composed by R. C. Boral with lyrics written by Arzu (Arzoo) Lucknavi.[5] Two street urchins dream of singing and making it big in the glamorous world of theatre in Calcutta. They grow up with the girl being employed while the boy is not. The story follows them through first their enchantment and then the disillusionment with the theatre. Finally both choose to return to their roots in the village.

  1. ^ "The Street Singer - 1938". 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ Van der Heide, William (2002). Malaysian Cinema, Asian Film: Border Crossings and National Cultures. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789053565803.
  3. ^ Nevile, Pran (2011). K. L. Saigal The Definitive Biography. India: Penguin Books. p. 144. ISBN 9780141406343.
  4. ^ CITWF. "Street Singer". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Street Singer 1938". hindigeetmala.net. hindigeetmala. Retrieved 18 July 2014.