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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Pukar<br />
| image = Pukar 1939 film poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Sohrab Modi]]<br />
| producer = Sohrab Modi<br />
| writer = [[Kamal Amrohi]]<br />[[Vishnupant Aundhkar]]<br />[[S. Ameer Hyder]]<br />
| starring = Sohrab Modi<br />[[Chandra Mohan (1905–1949)|Chandramohan]]<br />[[Naseem Banu]]<br />
| music = [[S. Fernandes]]<br />[[Mir Saheb]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Y. D. Sarpotdar]]<br />
| editing = [[A. K. Chaterji]]<br />[[D. Shirdhankar]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1939}}<br />
| runtime = 165 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = {{ubl|[[Hindi]]|[[Urdu]]|[[Persian language|Persian]]}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pukar |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/pukar/umc.cmc.7583toqhz75z1f9m26quzcr0x |website=[[Apple TV app|Apple TV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pukar (1939) |url=https://indiancine.ma/CWM/info |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref><br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Pukar''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1939|1939]] Indian film produced and directed by [[Sohrab Modi]] at the [[Bombay]]-based production house [[Minerva Movietone]]. The film is about [[Mughal Emperor|Mughal emperor]] [[Jehangir]]'s legendary justice and his inner conflict when his wife kills an innocent citizen by mistake.<br />
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It is a typical Sohrab Modi production (which always seemed to be [[Historical drama|historical]]) with heavy and lengthy [[Urdu]] dialogues said in a loud and dramatic style. Story and lyrics are by [[Kamal Amrohi]]. ''Pukar'' is considered to be the earliest [[Muslim social]] film.<ref>{{cite book |title= Historical atlas of Islam |last= Nanji |first= Azim |author2= Malise Ruthven |year= 2004 |publisher= Harvard University Press |isbn= 0-674-01385-9 |page= [https://archive.org/details/historicalatlaso00mali/page/189 189] |url= https://archive.org/details/historicalatlaso00mali/page/189 |url-access= registration }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Set in the court of the strict yet fair Mughal emperor [[Jahangir]], the film tells the stories of two star-crossed lovers. The first is that of Mangal Singh and Kanwar, whose love is threatened by a violent feud between their families. The second is the well-known tale of Jahangir and [[Nur Jahan]].<br />
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When Kanwar's brother and father accuse Mangal of dishonouring them and attack him, he kills them in self-defence. His father, the loyal Rajput chieftain Sangram Singh, captures him and Jahangir sentences him to death. The assertion that the law knows no class distinction is put to the test when a washerwoman accuses Queen Nur Jahan of inadvertently killing her husband with an arrow. As the queen believed she was acting justly when she killed the washerwoman's husband, Jahangir says that the washerwoman should shoot him in the same way, as he is the queen's husband. All the courtiers protest, but Sangram Singh says that the emperor's life belongs to the people. The washerwoman then agrees to accept financial compensation instead. Nur Jahan then suggests a general amnesty for all prisoners, which Jahangir grants to avoid her being treated as a special case. Mangal Singh and Kanwar are therefore permitted to marry.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Sohrab Modi]] as [[Sardar]] Sangram Singh<br />
* [[Chandra Mohan (1905–1949)|Chandra Mohan]] as [[Jahangir]]<br />
* [[Naseem Banu]] as [[Nur Jahan]]<br />
* Sheela as Kanwar<br />
* [[Sardar Akhtar]] as Rami Dhoban<br />
* Sadiq Ali as Mangal Singh<br />
* Babu Singh as Ramu Dhobhi<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Capital punishment in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0031829|title=Pukar}}<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrGy-OT4YCM Full movie on YouTube]<br />
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