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{{Infobox film
| name = Samaj Ko Badal Dalo
| image = Samaj_Ko_Badal_Dalo_(1947).jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Vijay Bhatt]]
| producer = Vijay Bhatt
| writer = Pandit Girish
| story = Pandit Girish
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun Ahuja]]|Mridula|[[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]]|Leela Pawar}}
| music = [[Khemchand Prakash]]
| cinematography = Yusuf Mulji
| editing = Pratap Dave
| distributor =
| released = 1947
| runtime = 133 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Samaj Ko Badal Dalo''''' (Change This World) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1947|1947]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] social melodrama film directed by [[Vijay Bhatt]]. Produced under the Prakash Pictures banner,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/samaj-ko-badal-dalo-movie-cast-crew/1643|title=Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1947)|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref> its music composer was [[Khemchand Prakash]], with lyrics by Pandit Indra, Roopdas, and [[Qamar Jalalabadi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myswar.com/album/samaaj-ko-badal-dalo-1947 |title=Album-Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1947)|publisher=MySwar|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref> The story, screenplay and dialogues were by Pandit Girish. Its cinematographer was Yusuf Mulji and the film starred [[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun Ahuja]], Mridula, [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], Leela Pawar, Umakant and Bikram Kapoor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film303846.htm|title=Samaj Ko Badal Dalo |publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>

Bhatt's social film dealt with the issue of "mismatched" marriages and advocated divorce, setting a partner free in order to choose their own mate.<ref name="Congress2007">{{cite book|author=Indian History Congress|title=Proceedings - Indian History Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhVDAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=18 January 2015|year=2007}}</ref> ''[[Samaj Ko Badal Dalo]]'' (1970) is a film of the same name directed by [[V. Madhusudan Rao]] and produced by [[Gemini Studios|Gemini]], however it had no relation to the 1947 film,<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=PT67|accessdate=18 January 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=67–}}</ref> but was instead a remake of [[A. Vincent]]'s award-winning [[Malayalam]] film, ''[[Thulabharam]]'' (1968).<ref name="Shankar">{{cite book|title=Shankar's weekly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FLQcAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=18 January 2015|year=1970}}</ref>

==Plot==
Kishore ([[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun]]) and Manorama (Mridula) are in love, but unable to get married. Mridula's father is a clerk, who can't afford to pay the dowry demanded by Arun's family. Jayant ([[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]]) is a widower, and Mridula is married off to him. His cruel behaviour becomes apparent when he starts torturing Mridula soon after their marriage. Arun's parents get him married to the rich Champa (Leela Pawar), who is in love with someone else. Arun helps her marry Naresh, the man she loves, by giving her a divorce. Arun watches the torture inflicted on Mridula and the story then continues through tense scenes where eventually Arun kills Jayant and unwittingly Mridula, too, following which he's sent to a mental asylum having been declared insane.

==Cast==
* [[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun]] as Kishore
* Mridula Rani as Manorama
* [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]] as Jayant
* Leela Pawar as Champa
* Umakant
* Bikram Kapoor
* Prem Dhawan
* Ramesh Sinha
* Shabnam
* Mohammed Rafi

==Crew==
The film's crew consisted of:
* Directed: [[Vijay Bhatt]]
* Produced: Vijay Bhatt
* Story: Pandit Girish
* Screenplay: Pandit Girish
* Dialogue: Pandit Girish
* Cinematography: Yusuf Mulji
* Choreography: Sachin Shankar, Sharad Shukla
* Editing: Pratap Dave
* Art Direction: M. V. Dubashe, B. M. Shukla
* Audiography: T. K. Dave
* Music: [[Khemchand Prakash]]
* Lyrics: Pandit Indra, Roopdas, [[Qamar Jalalabadi]]

==Soundtrack==
''Samaj Ko Badal Dalo'' was one of the early films for which [[Mohammed Rafi]] recorded songs in [[Bombay]]. The others were ''[[Gaon Ki Gori]]'' (1945) and ''[[Jugnu (1947 film)|Jugnu]]'' (1947).<ref name="Brittanica, India">{{cite book|title=Students' Britannica India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISFBJarYX7YC&pg=PA238|accessdate=18 January 2015|year=2000|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-0-85229-760-5|pages=238–}}</ref> The music direction was by [[Khemchand Prakash]], with lyrics by Pandit Indra, Roopdas and [[Qamar Jalabadi]]. The playback singers were [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Arun Kumar Ahuja]] and [[Amirbai Karnataki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/ao993709/songs/#tabs|title=Songs Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1947)|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>

===Song List===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !!Singer !! Lyricist
|-
| 1
| "Aye Ji Mat Pucho Kuch Baat"
| Mohammed Rafi, Manna Dey, Arun Kumar
| Pandit Indra
|-
| 2
| "Dhire Dhire Chale Aao"
|
|Pandit Indra
|-
| 3
| "Tu Kyun Yaad Aata Hai Yaad Aane Wale"
|
| Qamar Jalalabadi
|-
| 4
| "Naina Ro Ro Ke Rah Gaye"
| [[Amirbai Karnataki]]
| Roopdas
|-
| 5
| "Tori Unchi Atariya Pe Aaun Kaise"
|Zohrabai Ambalewali
| Pandit Indra
|-
| 6
| "Ek Surat Saloni Re Nainon Mein Bas Gayi"
|
| Roopdas
|-
| 7
| "Bikhar Gayi Aasha Ki Badri Bikhar Gayi"
|Amirbai Karnataki
| Roopdas
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0156994|title =Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1947) }}

{{Vijay Bhatt}}

[[Category:1947 films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1947 drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vijay Bhatt]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Khemchand Prakash]]
[[Category:Melodramas]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1947 film) - Revision history

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