Shahjehan Explained

Shahjehan
Director:	A. R. Kardar
Producer:	A. R. Kardar
Screenplay:	A. R. Kardar
Story:	Kamal Amrohi
Starring:	K. L. Saigal Ragni Kanwar Nasreen P. Jairaj
Music:	Naushad
Cinematography:	Dwarkadas Divecha
Editing:	Moosa Mansoor
Studio:	Kardar Productions
Distributor:	Kardar Productions
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi

Shahjehan is a 1946 Indian Hindi language film. The film was directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar and written by Kamal Amrohi.

It starred K. L. Saigal, Ragini, Kanwar, Nasreen and P. Jairaj.^{[1] [2]} The music was composed by Naushad with Majrooh Sultanpuri making his debut as a film song lyricist. Khumar Barabankvi was the other lyricist in this film.^[3]

The story was a fictionalized account of an episode during the reign of Emperor Shahjehan.

It was the second highest grossing Indian film of 1946.^[4]

Cast

• K. L. Saigal as Suhail^[1]
• P. Jairaj as Shirazi^[1]
• Ragni as Ruhi^{[1] [5]}
• Kanwar as Shah Jahan
• Nasreen as Mumtaz
• Mohammed Afzal Rizvi as Jwala Singh
• Sulochana Chatterjee as Janfiza
• Rehman as Ghulam^{[1] [2]}

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Naushad.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shahjehan (1946 film). dead. Upperstall.com website. 24 December 2010. 29 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20101224035002/http://upperstall.com/films/1946/shah-jehan.
2. Web site: Shahjehan (1946 film) Review. A. P. S. Malhotra. The Hindu (newspaper). 29 September 2023.
3. Web site: Majrooh Sultanpuri. Upperstall.com website. 29 September 2023. 17 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110317053937/http://www.upperstall.com/people/majrooh-sultanpuri.
4. Web site: Top Earners at the box office 1946. BoxOfficeIndia.com website. 29 September 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100614082551/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=151&catName=MTk0Ng. 14 June 2010. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Shahjehan (1946 film) - film songs and cast. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031024344/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/shahjehan-1292/cast-crew. live. 31 October 2019. 29 September 2023. Cinestaan.com website.