Subah Ka Sitara

{{short description|1932 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

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

{{Infobox film

| name = Subah Ka Sitara

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| director = Premankur Atorthy

| producer = New Theatres

| writer =

| narrator =

| starring = K. L. Saigal
Rattan Bai
Mazhar Khan
Ali Mir Kumar

| music = R. C. Boral

| cinematography = Nitin Bose

| editing =

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| studio = New Theatres

| released = {{Film date|1932}}

| runtime = 128 min

| country = India

| language = Hindi

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Subah Ka Sitara is a 1932 Urdu/Hindi romantic costume film from India. It was directed by Premankur Atorthy for New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta.{{cite web|title=Subah Ka Sitara 1932|url=http://www.citwf.com/film336177.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=25 August 2014}} Subah Ka Sitara was the third of the three films with which K. L. Saigal started his acting career in 1932. The first was Mohabbat Ke Ansu and the second was Zinda Lash.{{cite book|last1=Nevile|first1=Pran|title=K. L. Saigal A Definitive Biography|date=2011|publisher=Penguin Books India Ltd.|location=India|isbn=9780143414063|pages=12}} Like the first two films, Saigal used the name Saigal Kashmiri in the credit roll of the film.{{cite web|title=The Music Greats K. L. Saigal|url=http://www.sangeetmahal.com/hof/Music_Singers_Saigal.asp|website=sangeetmahal.com|publisher=Sangeet Mahal|accessdate=25 August 2014|ref=K. L. Saigal: The Pilgrim of the Swara (Author: Ragava R. Menon)}} The film starred K. L. Saigal, Rattanbai, Mazhar Khan, Ali Mir Kumar, Radhabai, and Siddiqui.{{cite web|last1=CITWF|title=Subah Ka Sitara 1932|url=http://www.citwf.com/film395794.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=25 August 2014}} The music was by R. C. Boral.{{cite web|last1=Farooqui|first1=Dewan Zubair|title=New Theatres Calcutta Renowned Music Directors|url=http://members.tripod.com/oldies_club/new_theatres_calcutta.htm|website=members.tripod.com|accessdate=25 August 2014}} This was also actor Kumar’s second film, the first being Zinda Lash with Saigal in the lead role. Kumar’s name appeared in the credit roll as Ali Mir and it was from his third film Puran Bhagat that he changed his screen name to "Kumar".{{cite web|title=Kumar|url=http://cineplot.com/kumar/|website=cineplot.com|publisher=Cineplot.com|accessdate=25 August 2015}}

The story revolved around the son of a nobleman and a slave girl.

Though the songs of K. L. Saigal and Rattanbai were well appreciated, the movie did not fare well at the box office.{{cite web|last1='Hamraaz', Raghuwanshi|first1=Har Mandir Singh, Harish|title=Kundan Lal Saigal (1904-1947) – A Profile|url=http://members.tripod.com/oldies_club/profile_kls.htm|website=members.tripod.com|accessdate=25 August 2014}}