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{{Infobox film
| name = Leather Face
| image = Leather Face.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Vijay Bhatt]]
| producer = "Vijay-Shankar" Bhatt
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = [[P. Jairaj]]<br>[[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]]<br>Jal Writer<br>Shirin
| music = Lallubhai Nayak<br>Shankar Rao Vyas
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Prakash Pictures
| released = 1939
| runtime = 166 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}
'''''Leather Face''''', also known as '''''Farzand-e-Watan''''', is a 1939 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]] produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt for his production company Prakash Pictures.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{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=PA279|accessdate=14 January 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=279–}}</ref><ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT43|accessdate=14 January 2015|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|pages=43–}}</ref> Bhatt cast the young Mahjabeen, then six years, who went on to become the famous actress, [[Meena Kumari]].<ref name=Tehelka>{{cite web|last1=Ausaja|first1=S M M|title=Romancing The Reel|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws010308Romancing.asp|website=archive.tehelka.com|publisher=Anant Media Pvt. Ltd. Tehelka.com|accessdate=14 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204132116/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws010308Romancing.asp|archivedate=4 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The story writers were Batuk Bhatt and Sampatlal Srivastava. The music direction was by Lallubhai Nayak and Shankar Rao Vyas with the lyrics written by Pandit Anuj. It starred [[P. Jairaj]], [[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]], Jal Writer, Shirin, M. Zahur, Lallubhai Nayak, Bholaram and Baby Mahjabeen ([[Meena Kumari]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film111246.htm|title=Farzande Watan|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>

''Leather Face'', cited as one of Bhatt's successful "stunt" films along with [[State Express]] made a year earlier, had features similar to it. The use of a masked protagonist (Jairaj), the dog Tiger, and the stunts made the film popular with the public.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" />

==Plot==
A state chieftain (M. Zahur) rules over his people in a despotic manner. Samar ([[P. Jairaj]]) becomes the hero-bandit to fight the chief. He dons a leather mask, and along with the help of his dog Tiger and horse Bahadur he ventures out to set things right. He also has the help of a group of wayfarers, and Dulari (Shirin), the inn-keeper. Samar falls in love with the Chieftain's sister Ila ([[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]]). Following several action scenes, Samar is able to rid the state of its tyrannical ruler and marry Ila.

==Cast==
* [[P. Jairaj]]
* [[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]]
* Jal Writer
* Shirin
* M. Zahur
* Baby Meena ([[Meena Kumari]])
* Lallubhai Nayak
* Munshi Khanjar
* Bholaram
* Putli
* Faizy

==Meena Kumari==
''Leather Face'' is also famous for being Meena Kumari's debut role.<ref name=Rediff>{{cite web|last1=Raheja|first1=Dinesh|title=Meena Kumari: The Queen of Sorrow|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/mar/30dinesh.htm|website=rediff.com|publisher=rediff.com India Limited|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref> Meena Kumari was just a six-year-old when her father Ali Bux brought her to Vijay Bhatt, who cast her as Baby Mahjabeen in the film. In the film she plays the daughter of actor Jairaj. She was later to play a lead role opposite him as his lover in the film ''Maghroor'' (1950)<ref name=Singh>{{cite web|last1=Singh|first1=Surjit|title=A Year in Hindi Movies 1939|url=http://hindi-films-songs.com/articles/1939.html|website=hindi-films-songs.com|publisher=Surjit Singh|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>

==Review And Box Office==
According to Rajadhyaksha and Willemen ''Leather Face'', along with ''State Express'' made a year earlier was one of the "best Known" of Bhatt's "stunt" films, doing well at the box office.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014 p.277">RajadhyakshaWillemen2014, p. 277</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by Lallubhai Nayak and Shankar Rao Vyas, with the lyricist being Pandit Anuj.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/td293945/songs/#tabs |title=Songs-Leather Face|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>

===Song List===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Dheere Dheere Jaat Wohi Prem Naiya"
|-
| 2
| "Aaye Nahin Chitchor Ban Upvan Chhayi Hariyali"
|-
| 3
| "Kis Ki Ada Se Chalte Hain"
|-
| 4
| "Phulwari Mere Desh Ki Phoolon Se Hai Bhari"
|-
| 5
| "Lo Waade Bahari aayi Azaad Hue Sab Bhai"
|-
| 6
| "Raahe Wafa Mein Mar Mit Jao"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0139419|title =Leather Face (1939) }}

{{Vijay Bhatt}}

[[Category:1939 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vijay Bhatt]]
[[Category:1930s action films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language action films]]

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