1857 is a 1946 Indian Bollywood film. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1946. The film was directed by Mohan Sinha for Murari Pictures. The story was by M. Zahur with screenplay and dialogue by Safdar 'Ah'. The film starred the singer-actor pair of Surendra and Suraiya, along with Wasti, Nigar, Munshi Khanjar, Madan Puri.
1857 was a historical fiction drama set against the backdrop of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 also known as the First war of independence.
Cast
Male Surendra as Aslam Wasti as Navab Aghashouqat Benjamin as Jawahir Singh Shakir as Nawab Khurshid Mirza Shyam Sunder as Manzoor Ganju as Bahadur Shah Y. N. Joshi as Dileep Madanpuri as Prince Mirza Mughal Munshikhanjar as father of Manzoor
Female Suraiya as Tasnim Menka as Begum Nigar as mother of Manzoor Lila as sister of Manzoor Laxmi as Queen of Jhanshi Dances Kundanlal
Soundtrack The music composer was Sajjad Hussain and the lyricists were Anuum Pilibhiti, Pandit Ankur, Shewan Rizvi, and Y.N.Joshi. The singers were Suraiya, Surendra, Shamshad Begum, Khan Mastana and Rajkumari.
Song list # Title Singer Lyricist 1 "Meri Ho Gayi Unse Baat" Suraiya Pandit Ankur 2 "Dilli Tere Kile Par" Suraiya Shewan Rizvi 3 "Umido Ka Tara Kismat Pe" Suraiya Anjum Pilibhiti 4 "Gham-e-Aashiyana Satayega Kab Tak" Suraiya Mohan Singh 5 "Teri Nazar Mein Main Rahun" Surendra, Suraiya Mohan Singh 6 "Jhamak Jhamak Liye" Shamshad Begum Y. N. Joshi 7 "Chupke Hi Chupke Na Jaana" Rajkumari, Khan Mastana Anjum Pilibhiti 8 "Woh Pehli Mulaqat" Surendra Pandit Ankur
References
External links
Audio of 1857 At Surjit Singh's posted songs