Ladies Only (1939 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Ladies Only

| image =

| caption =

| director = Sarvottam Badami

| producer = Sagar Movietone

| writer =

| story = Sarvottam Badami

| screenplay = Zia Sarhadi

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Sabita Devi|Surendranath|Bibbo|Prabha}}

| music = Anupam Ghatak

| cinematography = Faredoon Irani A. Irani

| editing = Shamshudin Kadri

| distributor = Kapurchand Limited

| studio = Sagar Movietone

| released = {{Film date|1939}}

| runtime = 158 min

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Ladies Only is a 1939 Indian Hindi-language social comedy film directed by Sarvottam Badami.{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/ladies-only-movie/788|title=Ladies Only 1939|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=3 October 2014|archive-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709235449/http://www.gomolo.com/ladies-only-movie/788|url-status=dead}} Produced by Sagar Movietone, it had music by Anupam Ghatak and starred Surendranath, Sabita Devi, Bibbo and Prabha.{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film191724.htm|title=Ladies Only 1937|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=3 October 2014}} This was the last comedy film made by Sarvottam Badami before he left Sagar Movietone. He joined his mentor Ambalal Patel, at Sudama Pictures to start making "socially relevant" films.{{cite book|author=Sanjit Narwekar|title=Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbSbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|accessdate=3 October 2014|date=12 December 2012|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-81-291-2625-2|pages=54–}}

The story involved three girls from different region (States) meeting at a railway station, and their relationship with each other thereafter.

Plot

Three girls from different regions of India, Sabita Devi (Gujarat), Bibbo (Punjab), and Prabha (Bengal) meet at a railway station. With no place to stay they decide to find accommodation together. A cook (Bhudo Advani) joins them speaking the language from each state. A young crook (Surendra) enters their life and trouble starts brewing between the girls when they all fall in love with him.

Cast

Credits adapted from the films's pressbook:{{Cite web|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP341-5-325|title=Ladies Only (1939 film)'s Pressbook|website=Endangered Archives Programme|access-date=2019-02-15}}

  • Sabita Devi as Sarojini
  • Surendranath as Satish
  • Bibbo as Asha
  • Prabha as Chhaya
  • Advani as Jayaram
  • Harish as Harish
  • Pande as Press Proprietor
  • Krishnakumari as Mrs. Durgadas
  • Gulzar as Indira
  • Sunalini Devi as Headmistress
  • Kaushalya as Indoo

Music

Music was composed by Anupam Ghatak with lyrics by Zia Sarhadi and Pandit Indra Chandra.{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/td399945/songs/#tabs|title=Ladies Only 1939|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=3 October 2014}}

=Song List=

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! # !! Title

1

| "Aaye Piharva Aaye Aaye"

2

| "Ashram ashram Hum Banaye"

3

| "Banayi Batiyan Mose Kahe Ko Jhoothi"

4

| "Chamke Poonam Ko Poonam Ka Chand"

5

| "Jaldi Pee Ko Paana Mushkil"

6

| "Meri Sejon Ko Mehman Hai Nadan"

7

| "Paniya Bharan Panghat Pe Gayi Main"

8

| "Sagar Ke Marg Ghar Baithe Ganga Aayi"

9

| "Soye Bin Dekhoon Sapna Yeh Haal Raat Din Apna"

10

| "Tere Tirchhe Nishane Yahan Seedhe Lage"

References

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