Mej Didi (1950 film)

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Mej Didi
Directed bySabyasachi [1]
Produced by Kanan Devi
Starring Jahar Ganguly
Nripati Chattopadhyay
Tulsi Chakraborty
Kanan Devi
Renuka Ray
Shobha Sen
Ashu Bose
Kumar Mitra
Asha Devi
Sikharani Bag [2]
Music byKalipada Sen
Production
company
Sromati Pictures
Release date
1950 (1950)
Country India

Mej Didi is a 1950 [3] Bengali film directed by Sabyasachi and produced by Kanan Devi. The film's music was composed by Kalipada Sen. [4] The film was remade in Hindi as Majhli Didi . [5]

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