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Kisan Kanya - Wikipedia

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Kisan Kanya

Kisan Kanya
Directed by	Moti Gidwani
Written by	and Dialogue by: Sa'adat Hasan Manto
Screenplay by	Sa'adat Hasan Manto
Story by	Prof. M. Ziauddin
Produced by	Ardeshir Irani
Starring	Padma Devi Zillo Ghulam Md Nissar Sayed Ahmed Gani
Cinematography	Rostam Irani
Music by	Ram Gopal Pandey
Production company	Imperial Films
Distributed by	Supreme Film Distributors^[1]
Release date	January 8, 1937 (1937-01-08)
Running time	137 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kisan Kanya was a 1937 Hindi Cinecolor feature film which was directed by Moti Gidwani and produced by Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Pictures. It is largely remembered by the Indian public on account of it being India's first indigenously made colour film.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

V. Shantaram had earlier produced a Marathi film Sairandhri (1933) which had scenes in color.^[6]^[7] However, the film was processed and printed in Germany^[6] Kisan Kanya was, therefore, India's first indigenously made color film.^[6] Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto^[8] and focussed on the plight of poor farmers.^[8]

Cast

Padma Devi as Bansri
Jilloo as Ramdai
Ghulam Mohammed as Randheer
Nissar as Ramu
Syed Ahmed as Muneem
Gani Gani as the Zamindar (landlord)

Production

Film pioneer Ardeshir Irani, who had produced notable films as Nala Damayanti (1920) which was India's first international co-production^[9] (with Italy) and India's first talkie Alam Ara (1931) conceived the idea of producing a color film. The result of his efforts was the color film Kisan Kanya made with the Cinecolor process^[8] whose process rights Irani had obtained from an American company.^[8] The film performed moderately at the box-office.^[8] Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto^[8] and focused on the plight of poor farmers.^[8]

Songs

The film had music by Ram Gopal Pandey, and had ten songs:^[10]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aisa Nagar Basaya Jis Me"	Padma Devi, Nissar	3:24
2.	"Bolo Aali Mere Sune Shant Hriday Me"	Padma Devi, Nissar	3:26
3.	"Chain Mera Chheen Liya Hain"	Gulshan Sufi
4.	"Chal Ri Sakhi Tu Gagar Lekar"	Padma Devi, Zilloo	3:21
5.	"Dhaan Ke Pole Bhar Bhar Baandhe"
6.	"Dil Bas Me Nahi Hai Mera"	Padma Devi	3:16
7.	"Maati Hamaari Janani Hain"
8.	"Mujhe Jungle Ki Rani"
9.	"Saajan Preet Ko Tod Naa Jaana"
10.	"Teri Kat Gayee Jeevan Dor"	Shah Ali

Trivia

The first Indian color film to be made entirely in India (the earlier Sairandhri (1933) was processed and printed in Germany). This film was also more favorably received than its predecessor.

References

^ "KISAN KANYA 1937". Osianama. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "First Color Film Made in India". colorsofindia.com. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
^ "Know more about Hindi cinema". rediff.com. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
^ Ganti, Tejaswini (2004). Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema. Routledge. pp. 208. ISBN 0415288533. kisan kanya color film story.
^ "The Early Films (1930s-1960s)". culturopedia.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "First in India". culturopedia.com. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
^ "A navrang of Shantaram's films". Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gulzar, Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopedia of Hindi cinema. Encyclopædia Britannica. p. 52. ISBN 8179910660.
^ Subir Ghosh. "The firsts in Indian cinema". culturopedia.com. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
^ "Kisan Kanya : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Kisan Kanya (1937)". HindiGeetMala. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

Kisan Kanya at IMDb
Kisan Kanya on indiancine.ma

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