Dhoop Chhaon (1935 film)

Not to be confused with Dhoop Chhaon (1977 film).

Dhoop Chhaon
Directed by	Nitin Bose
Written by	Sudarshan (story) Nitin Bose (screenplay)
Starring	Kapoor Biswanath Bhadhuri K.C.Dey Sardar Aktar Pahari Sanyal
Release date	1935 (1935)
Running time	125 minutes
Language	Hindi

Dhoop Chhaon or Bhagya Chakra (also Known as 'Sun and Shade' or 'Wheel of Fate') is a 1935 Hindi movie directed by Nitin Bose. It was a remake of the Bengali film Bhagya Chakra. Dhoop Chhaon was the first Hindi film to use playback singing. ^[1] It was Bose who came up with the idea of playback singing. He discussed with music director Raichand Boral and Bose's brother Mukul Bose, who was the sound recordist in New Theatres, and who implemented the idea. ^[2]

Cast

• Kapoor as Hiralal
• Biswanath Bhadhuri as Shamlal
• K.C.Dey as Surdas
• Nawab as Manager
• Kedar as Asst. Manager
• Ajmat as Kallo-Ki-Ma
• Pahari Sanyal as Dipak
• Trilok Kapoor as Satyavan
• Uma Devi as Mira
• Babulal as Mr. Tewari
• Debbala as Mira's mother
• Indu Mukherjee as Detective
• Shyam Law as Detective
• Pramathesh Barua as guest at party (uncredited)
• K. L. Saigal as guest#2 (uncredited)
• Vikram Nahar as guest#3 (uncredited)
• Vaid as Client
• Nagendrabala as Nurse
• Wahab as Stage-Dipak
• Sardar Aktar as Stage Kallo-Ki-Ma
• Ahi Sanyal as Bad Singer

Notes

1. Google Books preview from 'Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema', Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema, ISBN   81-7991-066-0
2. "A page from screenindia.com". Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2008.

External links

• Dhoop Chhaon at IMDb