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	\| writer = A. R. Kardar		\| writer = A. R. Kardar
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	\| starring = [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]<br>Madhuri<br>[[Noor Mohammed Charlie]]<br>[[Sitara Devi]]		\| starring = [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]<br>[[Trilok Kapoor]]<br>Madhuri<br>[[Noor Mohammed Charlie]]<br>[[Sitara Devi]]
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	\| cinematography = Krishna Gopal		\| cinematography = Krishna Gopal
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	'''''Pagal ''''' is a 1940 ~~[[India]]n [[~~Hindi]]-language film. It was the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 1940.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners 1940\|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==\|publisher=Box Office India\|accessdate=26 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121000555/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==\|archivedate=21 January 2011~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref> The psycho-social melodrama was directed by [[A. R. Kardar]] for Ranjit Movietone.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA379\|accessdate=15 April 2015\|date=10 July 2014\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7\|~~pages~~=~~1994–~~}}</ref> Kardar also wrote the dialogues and story (with [[Kamal Amrohi]]) for the film. [[Khemchand Prakash]] composed the music with lyrics written by [[D. N. Madhok]].<ref name=Pagal>{{cite journal\|last1=Patel\|first1=Baburao\|title=Review-Pagal\|journal=Filmindia\|date=August 1940\|volume=6\|issue=8\|pages=20\|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194006unse#page/n465/mode/2up/search/Pagal\|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref> The film ~~had~~ [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] playing a doctor with psychological problems, working in a "lunatic asylum".<ref name="Jain2009">{{cite book\|author=Madhu Jain\|title=Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&pg=PT34\|accessdate=15 April 2015\|date=17 April 2009\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-81-8475-813-9\|~~pages~~=~~34–~~}}</ref> The rest of the cast included Madhuri, [[Sitara Devi]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie]], Khatoon, ~~[[Trilok Kapoor]]~~ and Sunalini Devi.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web\|title=Pagal\|url=http://www.citwf.com/film259461.htm\|website=citwf.com\|publisher=Alan Goble\|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref>		'''''Pagal ''''' is a 1940 Indian Hindi-language film. It was the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 1940.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners 1940\|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==\|publisher=Box Office India\|accessdate=26 September 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121000555/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==\|archivedate=21 January 2011}}</ref> The psycho-social melodrama was directed by [[A. R. Kardar]] for Ranjit Movietone.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA379\|accessdate=15 April 2015\|date=10 July 2014\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7\|page=1994}}</ref> Kardar also wrote the dialogues and story (with [[Kamal Amrohi]]) for the film. [[Khemchand Prakash]] composed the music with lyrics written by [[D. N. Madhok]].<ref name=Pagal>{{cite journal\|last1=Patel\|first1=Baburao\|title=Review-Pagal\|journal=Filmindia\|date=August 1940\|volume=6\|issue=8\|pages=20\|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194006unse#page/n465/mode/2up/search/Pagal\|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref> The film's protagonist was [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] playing a doctor with psychological problems, working in a "lunatic asylum".<ref name="Jain2009">{{cite book\|author=Madhu Jain\|title=Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&pg=PT34\|accessdate=15 April 2015\|date=17 April 2009\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-81-8475-813-9\|page=34}}</ref> The rest of the cast included [[Trilok Kapoor]], Madhuri, [[Sitara Devi]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie]], Khatoon, and Sunalini Devi.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web\|title=Pagal\|url=http://www.citwf.com/film259461.htm\|website=citwf.com\|publisher=Alan Goble\|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref>

	The film involves a doctor who loves a girl, but marries her sister due to an unfortunate coincidence. His treatment of his wife and the girl he loves, and his own eventual deterioration into insanity forms the basis of story. Prithviraj Kapoor's performance was appreciated by the critics and the audience, making the film a big commercial success.<ref name=Pagal />		The film involves a doctor who loves a girl, but marries her sister due to an unfortunate coincidence. His treatment of his wife and the girl he loves, and his own eventual deterioration into insanity forms the basis of story. Prithviraj Kapoor's performance was appreciated by the critics and the audience, making the film a big commercial success.<ref name=Pagal />
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	[[Category:~~1940s~~ Hindi-language films]]		[[Category:1940 Hindi-language films]]
	[[Category:Indian films]]		[[Category:1940 Indian films]]
	[[Category:Films directed by A. R. Kardar]]		[[Category:Films directed by A. R. Kardar]]
	[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]		[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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	\| image = Pagal_(1940).jpg		\| image = Pagal_(1940).jpg
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	\| caption = Film Poster		\| caption = Film Poster
	\| director = [[A. R. Kardar]]		\| director = [[A. R. Kardar]]
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	\| editing = [[Khemchand Prakash]]		\| editing = [[Khemchand Prakash]]
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	\| released = ~~5 July~~ 1940		\| released = {{Film date\|1940\|07\|05\|df=y}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Pagal
| image = Pagal_(1940).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Film Poster
| director = [[A. R. Kardar]]
| producer = [[Ranjit Studios|Ranjit Movietone]]
| writer = A. R. Kardar
| narrator =
| starring = [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]<br>Madhuri<br>[[Noor Mohammed Charlie]]<br>[[Sitara Devi]]
| music =
| cinematography = Krishna Gopal
| editing = [[Khemchand Prakash]]
| distributor =
| released = 5 July 1940
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
| website =
}}

'''''Pagal ''''' is a 1940 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language film. It was the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 1940.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1940|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==|publisher=Box Office India|accessdate=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121000555/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA==|archivedate=21 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The psycho-social melodrama was directed by [[A. R. Kardar]] for Ranjit Movietone.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA379|accessdate=15 April 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=1994–}}</ref> Kardar also wrote the dialogues and story (with [[Kamal Amrohi]]) for the film. [[Khemchand Prakash]] composed the music with lyrics written by [[D. N. Madhok]].<ref name=Pagal>{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Review-Pagal|journal=Filmindia|date=August 1940|volume=6|issue=8|pages=20|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194006unse#page/n465/mode/2up/search/Pagal|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref> The film had [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] playing a doctor with psychological problems, working in a "lunatic asylum".<ref name="Jain2009">{{cite book|author=Madhu Jain|title=Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&pg=PT34|accessdate=15 April 2015|date=17 April 2009|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-813-9|pages=34–}}</ref> The rest of the cast included Madhuri, [[Sitara Devi]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie]], Khatoon, [[Trilok Kapoor]] and Sunalini Devi.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Pagal|url=http://www.citwf.com/film259461.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref>

The film involves a doctor who loves a girl, but marries her sister due to an unfortunate coincidence. His treatment of his wife and the girl he loves, and his own eventual deterioration into insanity forms the basis of story. Prithviraj Kapoor's performance was appreciated by the critics and the audience, making the film a big commercial success.<ref name=Pagal />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|232253 }}

{{A. R. Kardar}}

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[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. R. Kardar]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:1940 drama films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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