| Kisan Kanya | |
| Native Name: | Kisan Kanya |
| Director: | Moti Gidwani |
| Producer: | Ardeshir Irani |
| Screenplay: | Sa'adat Hasan Manto |
| Story: | Prof. M. Ziauddin |
| Starring: | Padma Devi Zillo Ghulam Md Nissar Sayed Ahmed Gani |
| Music: | Ram Gopal Pandey |
| Cinematography: | Rostam Irani |
| Studio: | Imperial Films |
| Distributor: | Supreme Film Distributors[1] |
| Runtime: | 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 Kisan Kanya was, therefore, India's first indigenously made color film.Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto and focussed on the plight of poor farmers.
Film pioneer Ardeshir Irani, who had produced notable films as Nala Damayanti (1920) which was India's first international co-production[8] (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[9] whose process rights Irani had obtained from an American company. The film performed moderately at the box-office. Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto and focused on the plight of poor farmers.
The film had music by Ram Gopal Pandey, and had ten songs:[10]