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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Deccan Queen<br />
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| director = [[Mehboob Khan]]<br />
| producer = [[Sagar Movietone]]<br />
| writer = [[Zia Sarhadi]] <br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]]<br>Aruna Devi<br>Ramchandra Pal<br>Kayam Ali<br />
| music = Pransukh Nayak<br />
| cinematography = [[Faredoon Irani]]<br />
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| studio = Sagar Movietone<br />
| released = 1936<br />
| runtime = 158 min<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]<br />
| budget = <br />
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'''''Deccan Queen''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1936|1936]] [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] [[action-adventure film]] directed by [[Mehboob Khan]].<ref name=Crow>{{cite news|last1=Crow|first1=Jonathan|title=Deccan Queen 1936|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/253894/Deccan-Queen/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908133708/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/253894/Deccan-Queen/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2014|accessdate=8 Sep 2014}}</ref> It was the first "stunt" film from [[Sagar Movietone]] and the first film for actor [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], who was credited as "Surendra Nath B.A., L.L.B.". The film helped launch him as a singing star.<ref name=Ahmed>{{cite book|last1=Ahmed|first1=Rauf|title=Mehboob Khan The Legends of Indian Cinema Series|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Tree|location=Delhi, India|isbn=9788183281065|pages=29}}<!--|accessdate=7 Sep 2014--></ref> This was the only action film directed by Mehboob Khan<ref name=Crow /> as he later shifted to films with social and political slant. This was Mehboob Khan's second directorial venture after ''[[Al Hilal (film)|Al Hilal]]'' (1935).<ref name=Raj>{{cite book|last1=Raj|first1=Ashok|title=Hero Vol.1, Volume 1 Bollywood Series|date=2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=9789381398029|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&q=Deccan+Queen+1936&pg=PT125|accessdate=8 Sep 2014}}</ref> He asked [[Zia Sarhadi]] then an unknown small-time actor, to write the screenplay, dialogue and songs for Deccan Queen.<ref name=Shafique>{{cite web|last1=Shafique|first1=Khurram Ali|title=Obituary: Zia Sarhadi The last Reel. From The Herald|url=http://www.therepublicofrumi.com/khurram/ziasarhadi.htm|website=therepublicofrumi.com|publisher=Therepublicofrumi.com|accessdate=8 Sep 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225305/http://www.therepublicofrumi.com/khurram/ziasarhadi.htm|archivedate=4 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The music direction was by Pransukh Nayak along with Ashok Ghosh. The cinematographer was [[Faredoon Irani]]. The film starred Surendra, Aruna Devi, Ramchandra Pal and Kayam Ali.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Deccan Queen 1936|url=http://www.citwf.com/film82515.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=8 Sep 2014}}</ref><br />
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The film centre's around Aruna Devi in a double-role, one as the dreaded Deccan Queen out for revenge against treacherous men, and the other as a sober typist in love with the police inspector (Surendra) who is planning to nab Deccan Queen. The eponymous [[Deccan Queen]] was used for the heroine to show her swiftness in eluding the police.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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When Lala Niranjanmal dies, his two children, daughter Aruna (Aruna Devi) and son are cheated out of their inheritance by the fraudulent trustees. They incriminate Aruna in a crime for which she has to go to jail while her brother drifts away penniless and out of his mind. On release from jail, Aruna has vengeance on her mind and she becomes the fearful Deccan Queen. The police are quickly after her and police Inspector Suresh ([[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]]) is put in charge to apprehend her. Vrinda (Aruna Devi) works for an Insurance company and meets Suresh. They both fall in love. It is soon realised that Vrinda and Deccan Queen resemble each other. Deccan Queen takes advantage of this. After several action scenes and the kidnapping of Vrinda by Aruna, things are sorted out when Suresh helps the Deccan Queen reveal the dishonest Trustees.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]] as Inspector Suresh<br />
*Aruna Devi as Aruna a.k.a. Deccan Queen and as the twin sister Vrinda<br />
*Ramchandra Pal<br />
*Pande<br />
*Pesi Patel<br />
*M. A. Mani<br />
*Kayam Ali<br />
*[[Bhudo Advani]]<br />
*Mehdi Raza<br />
*Gulzar<br />
*Kamala<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The film's music was composed by Pransukh Naik and its lyricist was [[Zia Sarhadi]]. The singers were Surendra, Aruna Devi and Ramchandra Pal. The song "Birha Ki Aag Lagi More Man Mein", sung by Surendra, started him on his way to stardom as a singing star and to be called the "(K. L.) Saigal of Bombay".<ref name=Rishi>{{cite book|last1=Rishi|first1=Tilak|title=Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on Completing 100 Years|date=2012|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=9781466939639|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r623sWyGm0sC&q=manmohan+1936++movie&pg=PA36|accessdate=8 Sep 2014}}</ref><br />
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'''Song list:'''<ref name=muvyz>{{cite web|title=Deccan Queen 1936|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/es188839/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=8 Sep 2014}}</ref> <br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Title !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| "Yaad Na Kar Dil-e-Hazin"<br />
| [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]] <br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Birha Ki Aag Lagi More Man Mein"<br />
| Surendra<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Bana Kyun Pagal Yeh Sansar"<br />
| Ramchandra Pal<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Dil Ki Lagi Ko Hum Nahin"<br />
| Surendra<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Kaale Baadal Fizaaon Mein Chhaane Lage"<br />
| Ramchandra Pal<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Ae Kartaar Paalanhaar"<br />
| Surendra, Aruna Devi<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Chal Ae Dil Kahin Jaa Kar Aansoo Bahaayein"<br />
| Ramchandra Pal<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| "Man Nagri Ujadi Thi Baalam Tumne Use Basaya"<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 9<br />
| "Sawan Ke Sundar Phoolon Ka"<br />
| Surendra, Aruna Devi<br />
|-<br />
| 10<br />
| "Yeh Na Thi Hamari Kismet"<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id =0231432 |title =Deccan Queen }}<br />
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{{Mehboob Khan}}<br />
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[[Category:1936 films]]<br />
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Mehboob Khan]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action adventure films]]<br />
[[Category:1930s action adventure films]]<br />
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