Mohabbat Ki Kasauti

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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Mohabbat Ki Kasauti

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| director = P. C. Barua

| producer = New Theatres

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| starring = {{ubl|K. L. Saigal|Rattan Bai|Pahari Sanyal|Noor Mohammed Charlie}}

| music = R. C. Boral

| cinematography = Yusuf Mulji

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| studio = New Theatres

| released = {{Film date|1934}}

| runtime = 121 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

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Mohabbat Ki Kasauti also called Rooplekha in Bengali was a 1934 Indian "semi-historical" bilingual film in Hindi and Bengali, directed by P. C. Barua for New Theatres.{{cite book |author=Pran Nevile |title=K L Saigal: Immortal Singer and Superstar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfZkAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=1 February 2015 |date=1 January 2004 |publisher=Nevile Books |isbn=978-81-901166-1-9}} Though Barua is consistently mentioned as the director,{{cite book |author1=Gulazāra |author2=Saibal Chatterjee |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT672 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |year=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-066-5 |pages=672–}}{{cite book |author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author2=Paul Willemen |author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT299 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |date=10 July 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94318-9 |pages=299–}} according to author J. K. Bajaj, Debaki Bose directed Rooplekha in 1934.{{cite book |author=J.K. Bajaj |title=On & Behind the Indian Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1UqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1944 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |date=26 March 2014 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-5083-621-7 |pages=1944–}} It had music by R. C. Boral and the cast included Rattanbai, K. L. Saigal, Pahari Sanyal, Noor Mohammed Charlie and Vishwanath.{{cite web |last1=CITWF |title=RoopLekha |url=http://www.citwf.com/film298633.htm |website=citwf.com |publisher=Alan Goble |accessdate=1 February 2015}} Jamuna started her career with a small role in the Hindi version.{{cite web |title=Roop Lekha (1934) |url=http://chiloka.com/movie/roop-lekha-1934 |website=chiloka.com |accessdate=1 February 2015}}

The film had Saigal playing the role of Akbar according to Pran Nevile,{{cite book |last1=Neville |first1=Pran |title=K. L. Saigal A Definitive Biography |date=2011 |publisher=Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd. |location=India |isbn=9780143414063 |pages=12}} but it has also been cited as a film based on a Buddhist fable.{{cite book |author=Ashok Raj |title=Hero Vol.1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT73 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |date=1 November 2009 |publisher=Hay House, Inc |isbn=978-93-81398-02-9 |pages=73–}} The film was one of the first Indian Talkies to use the concept of flashback technique in the narrative.{{cite news |last1=Sukanya |first1=sumi |title=Look back in wonder |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150101/jsp/nation/story_6152.jsp#.VM3dPmiUd5I |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150201081147/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150101/jsp/nation/story_6152.jsp%23.VM3dPmiUd5I |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 February 2015 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |agency=The Telegraph |publisher=the Telegraph |date=1 January 2015}}