Shama (1946 film)

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Shama
Directed bySibtain Fazli
Screenplay byK.B. Hakeem Ahmed Shuja
Story byK.B. Hakeem Ahmed Shuja
Produced by Sohrab Modi
Starring Mehtab
Chanda Bai
Sadat Ali
Wasti
Ameem Banu
Abu Baqar
Anwari
Prakash
CinematographyS.D. Patel
Edited byD.D. Shirdhankar
Music by Ghulam Haider
Production
company
Minerva Movietone
Release date
Country India
Language Hindi/Urdu

Shama is a 1946 (pre-partition) Bollywood film, directed by Sibtain Fazli, [1] starring Mehtab, Chanda Bai, Sadat Ali and Ameen Banu in lead roles.

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Music

Ghulam Haider composed the music [1] for the film for playback singers, Shamshad Begum, Hamida Banu, Zohra Ambala and G. M. Durrani. Shams Lucknavi, Ehsan Rizvi and Shewan Rizvi wrote the lyrics. [1]

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