Pagal (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Pagal

| image = Pagal_(1940).jpg

| caption = Film Poster

| director = A. R. Kardar

| producer = Ranjit Movietone

| writer = A. R. Kardar

| narrator =

| starring = Prithviraj Kapoor
Trilok Kapoor
Madhuri
Noor Mohammed Charlie
Sitara Devi

| music =

| cinematography = Krishna Gopal

| editing = Khemchand Prakash

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1940|07|05|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

| gross =

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Pagal is a 1940 Indian Hindi-language film. It was the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 1940.{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1940|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==|publisher=Box Office India|accessdate=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121000555/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==|archivedate=21 January 2011}} The psycho-social melodrama was directed by A. R. Kardar for Ranjit Movietone.{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA379|accessdate=15 April 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|page=1994}} Kardar also wrote the dialogues and story (with Kamal Amrohi) for the film. Khemchand Prakash composed the music with lyrics written by D. N. Madhok.{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Review-Pagal|journal=Filmindia|date=August 1940|volume=6|issue=8|pages=20|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194006unse#page/n465/mode/2up/search/Pagal|accessdate=15 April 2015}} The film's protagonist was Prithviraj Kapoor playing a doctor with psychological problems, working in a "lunatic asylum".{{cite book|author=Madhu Jain|title=Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&pg=PT34|accessdate=15 April 2015|date=17 April 2009|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-813-9|page=34}} The rest of the cast included Trilok Kapoor, Madhuri, Sitara Devi, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Khatoon, and Sunalini Devi.{{cite web|title=Pagal|url=http://www.citwf.com/film259461.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=15 April 2015}}

The film involves a doctor who loves a girl, but marries her sister due to an unfortunate coincidence. His treatment of his wife and the girl he loves, and his own eventual deterioration into insanity forms the basis of story. Prithviraj Kapoor's performance was appreciated by the critics and the audience, making the film a big commercial success.