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	'''''Meri Bahen''''' (also called '''''My Sister''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1944\|1944]] [[~~Hindi_film~~\|Hindi language film]].<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=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA431 \|accessdate=31 January 2015 \|date=10 July 2014 \|publisher=Taylor & Francis \|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7\|page=1994}}</ref> It was the fourth highest-grossing [[India]]n film of 1944.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Top Earners 1944 \|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA== \|website=Box Office India \|accessdate=26 September 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016220247/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA== \|archivedate=16 October 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Produced by [[New Theatres]], Ltd. Calcutta, and directed by Hemchander Chunder. It starred [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Sumitra Devi (actress)\|Sumitra Devi]], Akhtar Jehan, [[Chandrabati Devi]], Nawab, and [[Tulsi Chakraborty]].<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web \|title=Meri Bahen (1944) \|url=http://www.gomolo.com/meri-bahen-movie-cast-crew/1240 \|website=Gomolo.com \|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref> The music direction was by [[Pankaj Mullick]] with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cinemasofindia.com/#product/unknown/41716/my-sister\|title=My Sister\|website=Cinemas of India\|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref><ref name=MySwar>{{cite web \|title=Songs-Meri Bahen \|url=http://myswar.com/album/meri-bahen-1944 \|website=MySwar.com \|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref>		'''''Meri Bahen''''' (also called '''''My Sister''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1944\|1944]] [[Hindi film\|Hindi language film]].<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=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA431 \|accessdate=31 January 2015 \|date=10 July 2014 \|publisher=Taylor & Francis \|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7\|page=1994}}</ref> It was the fourth highest-grossing [[India]]n film of 1944.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Top Earners 1944 \|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA== \|website=Box Office India \|accessdate=26 September 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016220247/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA== \|archivedate=16 October 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Produced by [[New Theatres]], Ltd. Calcutta, and directed by Hemchander Chunder. It starred [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Sumitra Devi (actress)\|Sumitra Devi]], Akhtar Jehan, [[Chandrabati Devi]], Nawab, and [[Tulsi Chakraborty]].<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web \|title=Meri Bahen (1944) \|url=http://www.gomolo.com/meri-bahen-movie-cast-crew/1240 \|website=Gomolo.com \|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref> The music direction was by [[Pankaj Mullick]] with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cinemasofindia.com/#product/unknown/41716/my-sister\|title=My Sister\|website=Cinemas of India\|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref><ref name=MySwar>{{cite web \|title=Songs-Meri Bahen \|url=http://myswar.com/album/meri-bahen-1944 \|website=MySwar.com \|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref>

	The film is cited as Saigal's best film at New Theatres technically. Set against the backdrop of [[World War II]] in [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]], it was the story of a schoolteacher and his young sister. The film followed his rise to fame as a singer and the changes in his relationships following a bomb-raid.		The film is cited as Saigal's best film at New Theatres technically. Set against the backdrop of [[World War II]] in [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]], it was the story of a schoolteacher and his young sister. The film followed his rise to fame as a singer and the changes in his relationships following a bomb-raid.

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	* [[Tulsi Chakraborty]] as Chaudhary		* [[Tulsi Chakraborty]] as Chaudhary
	* [[Madan Puri]] as a doctor who treat Bimla at the hospital		* [[Madan Puri]] as a doctor who treat Bimla in the hospital
	* Nawab		* Nawab

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{{Infobox film
| name = Meri Bahen
| image = Meri_Bahen_(1944).jpg
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| caption =
| director = Hemchander Chunder
| producer = [[New Theatres]]
| writer = Binoy Chatterjee
| narrator =
| starring = [[K. L. Saigal]]<br/>[[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]]<br/>Akhtar Jehan<br/>[[Chandrabati Devi|Chandravati]]<br>[[Madan Puri]]
| music = [[Pankaj Mullick]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = 1944
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Meri Bahen''''' (also called '''''My Sister''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1944|1944]] [[Hindi_film|Hindi language film]].<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=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA431 |accessdate=31 January 2015 |date=10 July 2014 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|page=1994}}</ref> It was the fourth highest-grossing [[India]]n film of 1944.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Earners 1944 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA== |website=Box Office India |accessdate=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016220247/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA== |archivedate=16 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Produced by [[New Theatres]], Ltd. Calcutta, and directed by Hemchander Chunder. It starred [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]], Akhtar Jehan, [[Chandrabati Devi]], Nawab, and [[Tulsi Chakraborty]].<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web |title=Meri Bahen (1944) |url=http://www.gomolo.com/meri-bahen-movie-cast-crew/1240 |website=Gomolo.com |accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref> The music direction was by [[Pankaj Mullick]] with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemasofindia.com/#product/unknown/41716/my-sister|title=My Sister|website=Cinemas of India|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref><ref name=MySwar>{{cite web |title=Songs-Meri Bahen |url=http://myswar.com/album/meri-bahen-1944 |website=MySwar.com |accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref>

The film is cited as Saigal's best film at New Theatres technically. Set against the backdrop of [[World War II]] in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], it was the story of a schoolteacher and his young sister. The film followed his rise to fame as a singer and the changes in his relationships following a bomb-raid.

==Cast==
* [[K. L. Saigal]] as Ramesh
* [[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]] as Krishna
* Devi Mukherjee
* Akhtar Jehan as Bimala, Ramesh's sister
* [[Hiralal (actor)|Hiralal]] as a Naib, Munshi
* [[Chandrabati Devi|Chandravati]] as Rekha
* [[Tulsi Chakraborty]] as Chaudhary
* [[Madan Puri]] as a doctor who treat Bimla at the hospital
* Nawab

==Soundtrack==
The film had music composed by [[Pankaj Mullick]], assisted by Biran Bal and Hiten Bannerji, with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan. The singers were [[K. L. Saigal]], Pankaj, Rekha Mallick, Vimala, Ila Ghosh, and [[Utpala Sen]].<ref name=MySwar/> According to Vijay Ranchan, Pankaj had composed two versions of the song "Piya Milan Ko Jana" in ''Kapal Kundala'' (1939), directed by [[Phani Majumdar]]. Mullick used one version of the song in ''Meri Bahen'' in his and Ila Ghosh's voice.<ref name="Ranchan2014">{{cite book |first=Vijay |last=Ranchan |title=Story of a Bollywood Song |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3h2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT27 |accessdate=31 January 2015 |date=2 January 2014 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |page=27}}</ref>

===Music===
All music was composed by Pankaj Mullick.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Main In Phoolon Ke Sang"
| Vimala
|-
| 2
| "Do Naina Matware Tihare"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 3
| "Chhupo Naa Chhupo Naa O Pyari Sajaniya"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 4
| "Haay Kis But Ki Mohabbat Mein"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 5
| "Ae Qatib-E-Taqdeer"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 6
| "Suno Ek Hare Ped Ki Daali Par"
| Rekha Mullick
|-
| 7
| "Jal Jaane Do Is Duniya Ko"
| Utpala Sen
|-
| 8
| "Panchhi Kaahe Hota Udas"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 9
| "Piya Milan Ko Jaana"
| Pankaj Mullick, Ila Ghosh
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0158775 |title=Meri Bahen }}

[[Category:1944 films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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