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{{Short description|1955 film by G. P. Sippy}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Adl-E-Jehangir
| image = Adle-E-Jehangir_(1955).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Showcard of film ''Adl-e-Jehangir''
| native_name = 
| director = [[G.P. Sippy]]
| producer = 
| writer = {{unbulleted list|'''Lyricist''':|[[Qamar Jalalabadi]]}}
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Pradeep Kumar]]|[[Meena Kumari]]|[[D. K. Sapru]]}}
| narrator = 
| music = {{unbulleted list|[[Husnlal Bhagatram]]|'''Playback singers''':|[[Asha Bhosle]]|[[Lata Mangeshkar]]|[[Mohammed Rafi]]|[[Talat Mahmood]]}}
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[G. P. Sippy|G.P. Productions]]
| distributor = 
| released = 1955, India
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = 
}}

'''''Adl-E-Jehangir''''' (The Justice of Jehangir) also referred to as '''''Adil-E-Jehangir''''',<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen|first2=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA107|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=107}}</ref> is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1955|1955]] [[black and white]] Bollywood Hindi language historical [[drama film]] directed by [[G. P. Sippy]].<ref name="Times of India 12-27-07">{{cite news|last1=TNN staff|title=G P Sippy an outspoken man|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/G-P-Sippy-an-outspoken-man/articleshow/2653724.cms|accessdate=7 November 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 December 2007}}</ref> According to Sippy in an interview, it was the first film he directed, and it became a commercial success at the box office.<ref name="VasudevLenglet1983">{{cite book|last1=Vasudev|first1=Aruna A. |last2=Lenglet|first2=Philippe |title=Indian Cinema Superbazaar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CzQAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Vikas|isbn=978-0-7069-2226-4|page=297|chapter=G. P. Sippy}}</ref> The film had music composed by [[Husnlal Bhagatram]], assisted by Shukla, with lyrics by [[Qamar Jalalabadi]]. A popular [[ghazal]] from the film was "Ae Meri Zindagi Tujhe Dhundhoon Kahan" sung by [[Talat Mahmood]].<ref name=TM>{{cite book|last1=Premchand|first1=Manek|title=Talat Mahmood -The Velvet Voice|date=April 2015|publisher=Manipal University Press|location=India|isbn=9789382460237|pages=118|edition=1}}</ref> The film starred [[Pradeep Kumar]], [[Meena Kumari]], [[Durga Khote]], [[Sapru (actor)|Sapru]] and [[Jankidas]].<ref name="Apun Ka Choice">{{cite web|last1=staff |title=Adil-E-Jahangir 1956 music |url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/titles/adi/adil-e-jahangir/mid_1244/ |publisher=Apun Ka Choice |accessdate=7 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015202/http://www.apunkachoice.com/titles/adi/adil-e-jahangir/mid_1244/ |archivedate=17 November 2015 }}</ref>

The story involved a quasi-historical episode from Emperor [[Jehangir]]'s reign where his sense of justice is brought into question when his wife, the Empress [[Nur Jehan|Noor Jehan]] is implicated by Rami, a washer woman, in the killing of her husband.

==Plot==
Emperor Jehangir is known all over India for his sense of justice, and loved by the public for that. Empress Noor Jehan goes on a hunt and accidentally shoots dead a washer man with her arrow. His widow, Rami Dhoban, comes to the palace and rings the bell of justice. When Jehangir learns that Rami demands his justice of "a life for a life", he puts himself forward to be killed by Rami. Eventually the episode is sorted out through his ministers, with Rami forgiving the Empress and her husband.

==Cast==
* [[Pradeep Kumar]]
* [[Meena Kumari]]
* [[D. K. Sapru]]
* [[Durga Khote]]
* [[Syed Ishrat Abbas|Darpan]]
* [[K. S. Chithra|Chitra]]
* [[Maruti (actor)|Maruti]]
* [[Daljeet]]

==Soundtrack==
The music direction was by [[Husnlal Bhagatram]], who used the voices of [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Talat Mahmood]] as [[playback singer]]s for the songs.<ref name="Bharatan1995">{{cite book|author=Raju Bharatan|title=Lata Mangeshkar: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RaafAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|isbn=978-81-7476-023-4|page=173}}</ref> The lyricist was [[Qamar Jalalabadi]]. Talat's songs were picturised on Pradeep Kumar, with Lata giving the vocals for Meena Kumari.<ref name=TM /> One of the songs was sung by [[Asha Bhosle]].<ref name=Music>{{cite web|last1=staff|title=Adil-E-Jahangir 1956 music|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/adil_e_jahangir.htm|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=7 November 2015}}</ref>

===Song list===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Aaj Laila Ko Majnu Ka"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Nazar Lagi Pyari"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| "Ae Meri Zindagi"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| "Ae Meri Zindagi"
| [[Talat Mahmood]]
|-
| "Chand Sitare"
| Talat Mahmood
|-
| "Apna Hi Ghar Lutane"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Teri Allah Kare Rakhwali"
| Mohammed Rafi
|-
| "Bhool Na Jana Ulfat Karke"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
|}

==Reception==
As reported by G. P. Sippy in an interview, ''Adl-e-Jehangir'', his directorial debut, was successful in "terms of money", "It brought us more than we had spent on it".<ref name="VasudevLenglet1983" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138996/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ''Adl-e-Jehangir''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]

[[Category:1955 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Husnlal Bhagatram]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in the Mughal Empire]]
[[Category:Indian historical drama films]]
[[Category:History of India on film]]
[[Category:Indian epic films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Jahangir]]
[[Category:1950s historical drama films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]