Kisan Kanya

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{{Infobox film
| name = Kisan Kanya
| image = Kisan Kanya poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = Kisan Kanya
| director = Moti Gidwani
| producer = [[Ardeshir Irani]]
| writer = and Dialogue by: [[Saadat Hasan Manto|Sa'adat Hasan Manto]]
| screenplay = [[Saadat Hasan Manto|Sa'adat Hasan Manto]]
| story = Prof. M. Ziauddin
| based_on = 
| starring = Padma Devi Zillo Ghulam Md Nissar Sayed Ahmed Gani
| narrator =
| music = Ram Gopal Pandey
| cinematography = Rostam Irani
| editing =
| studio = Imperial Films
| distributor = Supreme Film Distributors<ref name=osianama>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osianama.com/indian-film-cinema-publicity-memorabilia/song-synopsis-booklets/kisan-kanya-1937-1107147|title=KISAN KANYA 1937|website=Osianama|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
| released = January 8, 1937
| runtime = 137 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Kisan Kanya''''' was a [[1937 in film|1937]] [[Bollywood|Hindi]] [[Cinecolor]] [[feature film]] which was directed by Moti Gidwani and produced by [[Ardeshir Irani]] of Imperial Pictures. It is largely remembered by the Indian public on account of it being India's first indigenously made [[colour film]].<ref name="colorsofindia">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/cinema/first-color-film-made-in-india.html|title=First Color Film Made in India|access-date=2008-04-29|publisher=colorsofindia.com}}</ref><ref name="RediffMovies">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/27cinema.htm|title=Know more about Hindi cinema|access-date=2008-04-29|work=rediff.com}}</ref><ref name="book1">{{cite book | title=Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema |url=https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant| url-access=registration | quote=kisan kanya color film story. | last=Ganti| first=Tejaswini| year=2004| pages=[https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/208 208]| publisher=Routledge| isbn=0415288533}}</ref><ref name="culturopedia">{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturopedia.com/Cinema/earlyera.html|title=The Early Films (1930s-1960s)|access-date=2008-04-29|publisher=culturopedia.com}}</ref>

[[V. Shantaram]] had earlier produced a Marathi film ''Sairandhri'' (1933) which had scenes in color.<ref name="Culturopedia">{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturopedia.com/first_in_india_misc.html|title=First in India|access-date=2008-04-29|publisher=culturopedia.com}}</ref><ref name="the_hindu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm|title=A navrang of Shantaram's films|access-date=2008-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901060422/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm|archive-date=1 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the film was processed and printed in [[Germany]]<ref name="Culturopedia" /> ''Kisan Kanya'' was, therefore, India's first indigenously made color film.<ref name="Culturopedia" />
Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by [[Saadat Hasan Manto]]<ref name="britannica" /> and focussed on the plight of poor farmers.<ref name="britannica" />

==Cast==
* [[Padma Devi]] as Bansri
* [[Jilloo|Zilloo]] as Ramdai
* Ghulam Mahomed as Randheer
* Nissar as Ramoo
* Sayed Ahmed as Muneem
* Gani as the [[Zamindar]]

== Production ==
Film pioneer Ardeshir Irani, who had produced notable films as ''Nala Damayanti'' (1920) which was India's first international co-production<ref name="punjabilok">{{Cite web|url=http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/movies/first_indian_cinema.htm|title=The firsts in Indian cinema |access-date=2008-04-29|publisher=culturopedia.com|author=Subir Ghosh}}</ref> (with Italy) and India's first talkie ''[[Alam Ara]]'' (1931) conceived the idea of producing a color film. The result of his efforts was the color film ''Kisan Kanya'' made with the Cinecolor process<ref name="britannica">{{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of Hindi cinema| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Kisan+Kanya+film+cinecolor&pg=PT76 |author=Gulzar, Govind Nihalani |author2=Saibal Chatterjee |year=2003| pages=52| publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |isbn=8179910660}}</ref> whose process rights Irani had obtained from an American company.<ref name="britannica" /> The film performed moderately at the [[box-office]].<ref name="britannica" /> Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by [[Saadat Hasan Manto]]<ref name="britannica" /> and focussed on the plight of poor farmers.<ref name="britannica" />

== Songs ==
The film had music by Ram Gopal Pandey, and had ten songs:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/kisan_kanya.htm|title=Kisan Kanya : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Kisan Kanya (1937)|website=HindiGeetMala|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
{{Track listing
|extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Aisa Nagar Basaya Jis Me
| extra1 = [[Padma Devi]], Nissar
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = Bolo Aali Mere Sune Shant Hriday Me
| extra2 = Padma Devi, Nissar
| length2 = 3:26
| title3 = Chain Mera Chheen Liya Hain
| extra3 = Gulshan Sufi
| length3 =
| title4 = Chal Ri Sakhi Tu Gagar Lekar
| extra4 = Padma Devi, [[Jilloo|Zilloo]]
| length4 = 3:21
| title5 = Dhaan Ke Pole Bhar Bhar Baandhe
| extra5 =
| length5 =
| title6 = Dil Bas Me Nahi Hai Mera
| extra6 = Padma Devi
| length6 = 3:16
| title7 = Maati Hamaari Janani Hain
| extra7 =
| length7 =
| title8 = Mujhe Jungle Ki Rani
| extra8 =
| length8 =
| title9 = Saajan Preet Ko Tod Naa Jaana
| extra9 =
| length9 =
| title10 = Teri Kat Gayee Jeevan Dor
| extra10 = Shah Ali
| length10 =
}}

==Trivia==
* The first Indian color film to be made entirely in India (the earlier [[Sairandhri (1933 Marathi film)|Sairandhri (1933)]] was processed and printed in Germany). This film was also more favorably received than its predecessor.

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0214858|title= Kisan Kanya}}
* [https://indiancine.ma/CIY/info Kisan Kanya] on indiancine.ma

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[[Category:Cinecolor films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1930s color films]]
[[Category:1937 films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:1937 drama films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]
[[Category:Saadat Hasan Manto]]

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