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	'''''Lagan''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1941\|1941]] Indian [[~~Hindi_film~~\|Hindi language film]]. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1941.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners 1941\|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|publisher=Box Office India\|accessdate=26 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421002538/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|archivedate=21 April 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Nitin Bose]] for [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book\|author=Ashok Raj\|title=Hero Vol.1\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT179\|accessdate=23 September 2014\|date=1 November 2009\|publisher=Hay House, Inc\|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9\|pages=179–}}</ref> The film was a bilingual with [[K. L. Saigal]] and [[Kanan Devi]] acting as the lead in its [[Bengali language]] version, ''[[Parichaya]]''. The music for both versions was by [[R. C. Boral]].<ref name="Willemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA290\|accessdate=23 September 2014\|date=10 July 2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|pages=290–}}</ref> This was the last film Saigal did for New Theatres, [[Calcutta]], before his move to [[Bombay]] to make films for different studios there.<ref name="Nevile">{{cite book\|last1=Nevile\|first1=Pran\|title=K . L. Saigal The Definitive Biography\|date=2011\|publisher=Penguin Books\|location=India\|isbn=9780143414063\|pages=22}}</ref>		'''''Lagan''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1941\|1941]] Indian [[Hindi film\|Hindi language film]]. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1941.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners 1941\|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|publisher=Box Office India\|accessdate=26 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421002538/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|archivedate=21 April 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Nitin Bose]] for [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book\|author=Ashok Raj\|title=Hero Vol.1\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT179\|accessdate=23 September 2014\|date=1 November 2009\|publisher=Hay House, Inc\|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9\|pages=179–}}</ref> The film was a bilingual with [[K. L. Saigal]] and [[Kanan Devi]] acting as the lead in its [[Bengali language]] version, ''[[Parichaya]]''. The music for both versions was by [[R. C. Boral]].<ref name="Willemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA290\|accessdate=23 September 2014\|date=10 July 2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|pages=290–}}</ref> This was the last film Saigal did for New Theatres, [[Calcutta]], before his move to [[Bombay]] to make films for different studios there.<ref name="Nevile">{{cite book\|last1=Nevile\|first1=Pran\|title=K . L. Saigal The Definitive Biography\|date=2011\|publisher=Penguin Books\|location=India\|isbn=9780143414063\|pages=22}}</ref>

	The film was a romantic triangle involving a poet, his beloved, and her wealthy husband. A theme, which was later followed by [[Guru Dutt]], for his film, ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1956).<ref name=Nevile />		The film was a romantic triangle involving a poet, his beloved, and her wealthy husband. A theme, which was later followed by [[Guru Dutt]], for his film, ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1956).<ref name=Nevile />
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* [[K. L. Saigal]] as the Poet		* [[K. L. Saigal]] as Harish the Poet
	* [[Kanan Devi]] as Kusum Kumari		* [[Kanan Devi]] as Kusum Kumari
	* Nawab as Deendayal		* Nawab as Deendayal
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| music = [[R. C. Boral]]
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| editing = Subodh Mitra
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| released = 1941
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| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
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'''''Lagan''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1941|1941]] Indian [[Hindi_film|Hindi language film]]. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1941|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==|publisher=Box Office India|accessdate=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421002538/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==|archivedate=21 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Nitin Bose]] for [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT179|accessdate=23 September 2014|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|pages=179–}}</ref> The film was a bilingual with [[K. L. Saigal]] and [[Kanan Devi]] acting as the lead in its [[Bengali language]] version, ''[[Parichaya]]''. The music for both versions was by [[R. C. Boral]].<ref name="Willemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA290|accessdate=23 September 2014|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=290–}}</ref> This was the last film Saigal did for New Theatres, [[Calcutta]], before his move to [[Bombay]] to make films for different studios there.<ref name="Nevile">{{cite book|last1=Nevile|first1=Pran|title=K . L. Saigal The Definitive Biography|date=2011|publisher=Penguin Books|location=India|isbn=9780143414063|pages=22}}</ref>

The film was a romantic triangle involving a poet, his beloved, and her wealthy husband. A theme, which was later followed by [[Guru Dutt]], for his film, ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1956).<ref name=Nevile />

==Plot==
At the annual college event the main singer goes missing. To help matters, Kusum Kumari ([[Kanan Devi]]) plays a record. The lyrics of the song are by a young poet ([[K. L. Saigal]]) living in a village. The Principal of the college, impressed by the poet's work brings him to the city. The poet takes to training Kusum to sing for the next event and falls in love with her. One of the patrons (Nawab) is a wealthy businessman. He is enthralled by Kusum and after negotiations with her father, marries her in spite of the poet trying to intercede. The poet disappears, but after some time, the husband listens to Kusum and helps in furthering the poet's career. The gesture is misunderstood by the poet who thinks that the help was given to him because of Kusum's love for him. Finally Kusum has to let him know that for her the poet was a Guru she respected.

==Cast==
* [[K. L. Saigal]] as the Poet
* [[Kanan Devi]] as Kusum Kumari
* Nawab as Deendayal
* Nemo as Madholal
* Rehmat Khatoon as Poet's aunt
* Jagdish Sethi
* G. Vaid

==Reception==
The film was a big hit at the box office. Kanan Devi won the Best Actress award from the [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Actress Award|Bengal Film Journalists Association]]'s in 1942 for the Bengali version ''Parichaya''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php?year=1942|title=Bengal Film Journalists Association|publisher=Bengal Film Journalists Association|accessdate=23 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003253/http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php?year=1942|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Music==
The music director was R. C. Boral, with lyrics Arzu Lucknavi and Pandit Madhur.<ref name="KananDevi">{{cite web|url=http://wbpsa.org/kanan/lagan01.php|title=Kanan Devi-Lagan|publisher=Dr. Jyoti Prakash Guha|accessdate=23 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203144211/http://wbpsa.org/kanan/lagan01.php|archivedate=3 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Boral made use of western influences in the music for this film like the use of a piano in "Kaaheko Raad Machayi".<ref name="Ranade2006">{{cite book|author=Ashok Damodar Ranade|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&pg=PA169|accessdate=23 September 2014|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|isbn=978-81-85002-64-4|pages=169–}}</ref> The major reason for the success of the film is cited as that the songs were sung by Kanan Devi (5) and Saigal (6).<ref name="Nevile p. 97">Nevile, p. 97</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/lh810393/songs/#tabs|title=Lagan 1941|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref>

===Song List===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Kaaheko Raad Machayi"
|K. L. Saigal
|-
| 2
| "Hat Gayi Lo Kari Ghata"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 2
| "Koi Manushya Kitna Hi Bura Ho"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 3
| "Ye Kaisa Anyay Data"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 4
| "Main Sote Bhag Jaga Dunga"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 5
| "Kaise Kate Ratiyan Balam"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 6
| "Hamari Laaz Nibhao Swami"
| Kanan Devi
|-
| 7
| "Koi Samjhaye Ye Geet Sakhi Kya Hai"
| Kanan Devi
|-
| 8
| "Tum Bin Kal Na Aave Mohe"
| Kanan Devi
|-
| 9
| "Taakat Tu Haari"
|
|-
| 10
| "Madbhari Madbhari Matwari"
| Kanan Devi
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0280358 |title =Lagan 1941 }}

[[Category:1941 films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]