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{{About|the 1939 film|other uses|Ek Hi Raasta (disambiguation){{!}}Ek Hi Raasta}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ek Hi Raasta
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Mehboob Khan]]
| producer = [[Sagar Movietone]]
| writer = Babubhai A. Mehta<br>[[Wajahat Mirza]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Sheikh Mukhtar]]<br>[[Arun Kumar Ahuja]]<br>Anuradha<br>[[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]]
| music = [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]]
| cinematography = [[Faredoon Irani]]
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Sagar Movietone
| released = {{Film date|1939}}
| runtime = 149 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Ek Hi Raasta''''' (Hindi: एक ही रास्ता, The Only Way) is a 1939 [[Hindi]] social film directed by [[Mehboob Khan]].<ref name=Saibal>{{cite book|last1=Gulazāra, Nihalani, Chatterjee|first1=Govind, Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=India|isbn=9788179910665}}</ref> The director of photography was [[Faredoon Irani]] with story by Babubhai A. Mehta and [[Wajahat Mirza]].<ref name=Willemen>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135943189|edition=2, revised}}</ref> The film was produced by [[Sagar Movietone]]. The cast included [[Arun Kumar Ahuja]], [[Sheikh Mukhtar]], Anuradha, [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] and Harish.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Ek Hi Raasta 1939|url=http://www.citwf.com/film99812.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=7 Sep 2014}}</ref> This was the debut film of Sheikh Mukhtar who went on to act and direct several successful films.<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=34}}</ref> and Arun Kumar Ahuja, a prominent actor in the 1940s. Ek Hi Raasta is a film about wrongs of society and its laws, and one of the early Hindi films to make a noticeable application of WW II.<ref name=Rangoonwalla>{{cite book|last1=Rangoonwalla|first1=Firoze|title=75 years of Indian cinema|date=1975|publisher=Indian Book Co|location=India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swQwAAAAMAAJ&q=Ek+Hi+Raasta+1939|accessdate=7 Sep 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==
Raja (Arun Kumar Ahuja) an orphan, Mangoo ([[Sheikh Mukhtar]]), a pickpocket, and Vithal (Harish), a hansom cab driver are friends. They live in the city where Mala (Anuradha) and her father (Gani) arrive from the village. Mangoo gets into an altercation with Mala’s father and kills him. Banke (Kanhaiyalal) kidnaps Mala and sells her to a wealthy man. Mala manages to escape and stays with Raja who helps her, both falling in love in the process. World War II intervenes and the three friends enlist. The film then revolves around the return from war and the killing of a rapist by one of them. He’s tried in court and convicted for killing the rapist.

==Cast==
*[[Arun Kumar Ahuja]] as Raja
*[[Sheikh Mukhtar]] as Mangoo
*Anuradha as Mala
*Jyoti
*Harish
*[[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] as Banke
*[[Jagdish Raj]]
*A. Banbasi as Madan
*Devi as Mala’s stepmother
*Gani as Mala’s father
*Dewaskar
*Mohan as Vithal

==Music==
The music director was [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] with lyrics written by Pandit Indra Chandra.<ref name=muvyz>{{cite web|title=Ek Hi Raasta 1939|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/td429952/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=7 Sep 2014}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Ae Ishq Mujhe Husn Se Begaana Bana"
|-
| 2
| "Chhalke Ras Ki Gagariya Saari"
|-
| 3
| "Bhai Hum Pardesi Log Humein Kaun Jaane"
|-
| 4
| "Dil Ki Kathni Piya Na Jaane"
|-
| 5
| "Din Jaaye Raat Aaye Yeh Bhed Koi Batlaye"
|-
| 6
| "Kab Chal Diya Ladakpan"
|-
| 7
| "Mori Kadar Na Karat Kanhai"
|-
| 8
| "Mujhe Mil Jaayegi Unki Umariya"
|-
| 9
| "Pa Liya Jisne Tujhe"
|-
| 10
| "Saawan Aaye Na Aaye, More Sajan Aayenge"
|-
| 11
| "Teri Nazaron Mein Gharache Khar Hun Main"
|-
| 12
| "Tu Dekh Zara Dil Ka Darpan"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0031265 |title =Ek Hi Raasta }}

{{Mehboob Khan}}

[[Category:1939 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mehboob Khan]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

Ek Hi Raasta (1939 film) - Revision history

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