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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External links
- {{IMDb title|id =0154758| }}
{{Sarvottam Badami}}
Category:1930s Hindi-language films
Category:Indian black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Sarvottam Badami
Category:Hindi-language comedy films
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