Daughters of Today (1928 film)

{{short description|1928 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Daughters of Today

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| director = Shankradev Arya

| producer = G. K. Mehta

| writer =

| starring = A. R. Kardar
Wilayat Begum
M. Ismael
Vijay Kumar
Hiralal
Ghulam Qadir
G. K. Mehta

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| studio = Premier Film Company

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1928}}

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| country = India

| language = Silent Film

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Daughters of Today was a 1928 silent film from Lahore, in present-day Pakistan (then British India). It was produced by G.K Mehta and directed by Shankradev Arya.{{cite book|last=Malik|first=Iftikhar H.|title=Culture and customs of Pakistan|year=2005|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=9780313331268}}

This was the first feature film made in Lahore, and helped to establish the city of Lahore as one of the centers of filming in India as Lollywood. Production started in 1924 and took three years to complete, mainly due to financial problems.

Two participants later became prominent personalities of the South Asian film industry: A.R. Kardar was one of the most famous Bombay film directors in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s; and actor M. Ismael's film career spanned over five decades.{{Cite web |title=Daughters of Today (1928) |url=https://indiancine.ma/XQ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Indiancine.ma}}