Rattan (film)

Rattan (film)
Directed by M. Sadiq
Produced by Abdul Rashid Kardar
Written by R. S. Choudhury
D. N. Madhok
Starring Swaran Lata
Karan Dewan
Amir Banu
Release date
 1944
Running time
 118 minutes
Country British India
Language Hindi/Urdu

Rattan or Ratan (Hindi: रतन) is a 1944 Indian Hindi-Urdu film, directed by M. Sadiq, produced by Abdul Rashid Kardar, and starring Swaran Lata, Karan Dewan and Amir Bano. It was a highly successful movie of 1944.[1] The film is noted as the film which made Naushad one of the top contributors to music in Indian films and enabled him to demand a fee of Rs 25,000 per film. The heroine of the movie, Swaran Lata, had said in a live interview with Pakistan Television years later that the tunes of the songs of Rattan were set by the lyricist D. N. Madhok himself.

Abdul Rashid Kardar spent 75,000 rupees on production in 1944 to make Rattan. The music by Naushad Ali was such a phenomenal hit that the company earned Rs 3 lakhs in royalties from Gramophone sales in the first year.

Cast

Music

The film had music by Naushad, with lyrics by the renowned poet of the 1940s, D. N. Madhok.

References

  1. ↑ Rattan (film) on YouTube, Retrieved 22 May 2016
  2. ↑ film cast of Rattan on muvyz.com website, Retrieved 22 May 2016
  3. ↑ Rattan (film) soundtracks on hindigeetmala.net website, Retrieved 22 May 2016
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