The Secretary (1938 film)

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The Secretary
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Directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi
Produced by Chandulal Shah
Starring
Music by Gyan Dutt
Production
company
Release date
1938
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The Secretary is a 1938 Hindi-language Indian comedy film directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The film was produced by Chandulal Shah under the Ranjit Pictures banner. [1] The music was provided by Gyan Dutt with lyrics by Pyare Lal Santoshi. [2] The main cast was Noor Mohammed Charlie, Trilok Kapoor, Madhuri, Kalyani Das, Waheedan Bai and Rajkumari. [3]

Contents

The film is about an heiress, played by Madhuri, who falls in love with her father's secretary played by Trilok Kapoor. [4]

Cast

Debut direction

According to Narwekar, Secretary was the first film Doshi directed after having worked for Ranjit Studios as a scriptwriter since 1929. [5] However, as cited by Filmindia and Rajadhyaksha and Willemen, this was reportedly his second film, with Gorakh Aaya which was also made the same year, being his first. [6] [7] The film was a bilingual being made in Hindi and Gujarati. Doshi, thus laid the groundwork for Gujarati film production [8] along with his other films like Gunsundari.

Soundtrack

#TitleSinger(s)
1"Kyun Tune Ki Nadani"Wahidan Bai
2"Nahin Nahin Kholoon Ghunghat Pat Saiyan"Wahidan Bai
3"Kahan Chhupa Hai Chitchor"Kalyani Das
4"Karoongi Aaj Piya Sang"Rajkumari
5"Kaun Raahe Tu Jaaye Musafir"Kalyani Das
6"Chalte Jaana, Chalte Jaana"
7"Jodi Bani Nirali Babu"
8"Saj Lun Baanke Gahnwa"
9"Bhaiya Kisan Jab Aave"
10"Hai Teer Ya Nashtar"

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