Apna Paraya

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Apna Paraya
Directed byRamchandra Thakur
Starring Shahu Modak
Hansa Wadkar
Dulari
Music by Anil Biswas
Production
company
National Studios
Release date
  • 1942 (1942)
CountryIndia
Language Hindi

Apna Paraya is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1942. [1] [2] The film starred Shahu Modak, Hansa Wadkar, Dulari, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad and Shakuntala. [3] It was directed by Ramchandra Thakur for National Studios. [4] The music was composed by Anil Biswas and lyrics written by Pandit Indra. [5]

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Cast

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Anil Biswas, and the lyricist was Pandit Indra.

Song List

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