| Kaneez | |
| Director: | Krishan Kumar |
| Producer: | Krishan Kumar |
| Screenplay: | Hasrat Lucknavi |
| Story: | Hasrat Lucknavi |
| Starring: | Munawar Sultana Shyam Kuldeep Kaur Ramesh Sinha Khwaja Sabir Nazir Kashmiri Urmila Devi Jillo Bai Tiwari |
| Music: | Ghulam Haider Hansraj Behl O.P. Nayyar (Film score) |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
Kaneez is a 1949 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed and produced by Krishan Kumar, starring Shyam, Munawar Sultana and Kuldip Kaur in lead roles.[1] [2]
Sabira is the daughter of a wealthy man, Akbar, who is cheated by his manager, Hamid, and forced into a mental home. Sabira marries Hamid's son, Akhtar, but the marriage is destroyed by a woman called Darling, who is after Akhtar for his money. Sabira is forced to become a servant in her own house, but she recovers her place as the mistress as Darling is exposed and Akhtar realized her worth for him.
The music was composed by the two very well known composers then, Ghulam Haider and Hansraj Behl[1] with a large playback of Shamshad Begum, Mohammad Rafi, Surinder Kaur,[1] Geeta Dutt, Zeenat Begum, G. M. Durrani,[3] S. D. Batish and Rajkumari Dubey. The lyrics were written by Hasrat Lucknavi, Sarshar Sailani, Shahir Ghaznavi and Harishchandra Akhtar. O.P. Nayyar composed the background music.[1]