Khandaan (1942 film)

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{{Infobox film

|name = Khandaan

|image = Khandaan (1942 film).jpg

|alt =

|caption = Film poster

|director = Shaukat Hussain Rizvi

|producer = Pancholi Pictures

|writer = Imtiaz Ali Taj

|screenplay =

|story = Imtiaz Ali Taj

|based_on =

|narrator =

|starring = {{plainlist|

• Pran
• Noor Jehan
  Manorama
• M. Ajmal
• Ghulam Mohammed
• Ibrahim

}}

|music = Ghulam Haider

|editing = M.A.Latif

|studio = P.H.P Lahore

|distributor =

|released = {{Film date|df=yes|1942|04|25}}

|runtime = 2 hours 54 minutes

|country = British India

|language = Hindustani

|budget =

|gross =

}}

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{{lang|hi-latn|Khandaan}} ({{translation|Family}}), also spelled as Khan Daan, is a 1942 muslim social Bollywood film directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (in his directorial debut) and produced by D.M. Pancholi,{{cite web|url=https://upperstall.com/film/khandaan/ |access-date=21 January 2025 |author=Karan Bali|date=1 November 2019|website=Upperstall.com website|title=Film review of Khandaan (1942 film)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923055605/https://upperstall.com/film/khandaan/|archive-date=23 September 2021|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://www.upperstall.com/people/ghulam-haider/ |author=Karan Bali|title=Ghulam Haider (a profile)|website=Upperstall.com website|date=16 April 2023|access-date=21 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530162431/https://upperstall.com/profile/ghulam-haider/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2024}} starring Pran, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Mohammed and M. Ajmal.[https://indiancine.ma/DOL/info Film review of Khandaan (1942 film) on indiancine.ma website] Retrieved 7 November 2020

It was written by author Imtiaz Ali Taj and made in Pancholi's Lahore studio. For the first time in British India, there was a lot of "ahead of film release" publicity for this film. As a result, this became a much-awaited film for the Indian public and became a hit film when released.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=147&catName=MTk0Mg==|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016214548/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=147&catName=MTk0Mg== |date=16 January 2012|archive-date=16 October 2013|website=BoxOffice India website|title=Top earners of 1942|access-date=21 January 2025}} Noor Jehan achieved an overnight stardom following the success of the film.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hN6mBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT239|title=Bollywood: A History |page=239 |author=Mihir Bose|date=9 May 2008 |isbn=9789351940456 }} The film also established the career of director Rizvi and music composer Haider.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BksDAAAAMAAJ&q=Khandan+Shaukat |title=Perspective |volume=4 |publisher=Pakistan Publications |year=1971 |page=36}}

{{lang|hi-latn|Khandaan}} is among the few surviving films that hailed from the genre of Muslim social films and was produced in Lahore, British India.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PeeREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 |title=Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960 |isbn=978-1009151207 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |author=Salma Siddique|date=16 February 2023 }}