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{{Infobox film
| name = Vachan
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| director = [[Franz Osten]]
| producer = [[Bombay Talkies]]
| writer = [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Devika Rani]]<br/>[[Ashok Kumar]]<br/>[[Mumtaz Ali]]<br/>Meera
| music = [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]]
| cinematography = Joseph Wirsching<br/>Pareenja
| editing =
| distributor = Ramniklal Mohanlal and Co., Bombay
| studio = Bombay Talkies
| released = 1938
| runtime = 144 minutes
| country = [[British India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget =
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'''''Vachan''''' (Hindi: वचन, ''The Promise'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1938|1938]] costume drama [[Indian cinema|Hindi film]] directed by [[Franz Osten]].<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Vachan (1938)|url=http://www.gomolo.com/vachan-movie/741|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo.com|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> The regular Bombay Talkies writer, [[Niranjan Pal]], walked out of the [[Bombay Talkies]] production team after an altercation with [[Himanshu Rai]] in 1936. [[Saradindu Bandyopadhyay]], a famous writer known also for creating [[Byomkesh Bakshi]], replaced Pal in the story department, writing for films like ''[[Nirmala (1938 film)|Nirmala]]'' and ''Vachan'' in 1938 and ''Durga'' in 1939.<ref name=TBIP>{{cite web|last1=Roychoudhury|first1=Amborish|title=Birth of an Industry|url=http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/10/birth-of-an-industry/|website=thebigindianpicture.com|publisher=The Big Indian Picture|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> The screenplay was by [[Agha Jani Kashmiri]], with dialogues and lyrics by J. S. Kashyap. The music was composed by [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]] aided by J. S. Kashyap.<ref name=Filmindia>{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Review-Vachan|journal=Filmindia|date=October 1938|volume=4|issue=6|pages=53|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia193804unse#page/n251/mode/2up/search/Vachan|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> The film starred [[Devika Rani]] and [[Ashok Kumar]], a popular pair from Bombay Talkies who worked in seven films together. Devika Rani remained the bigger star with Kumar's name being "over-shadowed" in the credit rolls, as well as the publicity of the film.<ref name="Patel2012">{{cite book|author=Bhaichand Patel|title=Bollywood's Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQL4dkVAnPIC&pg=PA32|access-date=20 April 2015|year=2012|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-08572-9|pages=32–}}</ref>

[[Rajendranath]], a popular comedian of Indian cinema, began his acting career in ''Vachan''.<ref name=IBNLive>{{cite web|title=Yesteryears' comic actor Rajendra Nath dead|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/yesteryears-comic-actor-rajendra-nath-dead/58908-8.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150420080615/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/yesteryears-comic-actor-rajendra-nath-dead/58908-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2015|website=ibnlive.in.com|publisher=IBN Live|access-date=20 April 2015|ref=Press Trust of India}}</ref> The rest of the cast included Meera, [[Mumtaz Ali]], Agha Jani, M. Nazir, Kashmiri, Maya Devi and Kamta Prasad.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Vachan|url=http://www.citwf.com/film368107.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref>

Devika Rani played the role of a princess in this costume drama film.

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Kumar]]
* [[Devika Rani]]
* Meera
* [[Mumtaz Ali]]
* Pithavala
* Kamta Prasad
* Maya Devi
* Saroj Borker
* Aga Jani
* Kashmiri
* M. Nazir

==Reception==
[[File:Vachan (Devika, Meera).jpg|right|300px|thumb|Meera and Devika Rani in ''Vachan'', from ''[[Filmindia]]'', 1938]]
The film was released on 19 August 1938 at Roxy Talkies, [[Bombay]]. According to [[Baburao Patel]] of ''[[Filmindia]]'' magazine, the screenplay was too simple, like a "nursery" story, and "ended before the interval". The photography by Wirsching and Pareenja was stated to be consistently good, even "excellent" at places. The actress Meera was singled out for her acting, claiming it to be a "better performance" than Devika's. Osten's technical direction was cited as clever, but Patel stated that Osten was unable to capture the "Indian" spirit of the play.<ref name=Filmindia /> The film was referred to as a success in the Studio Close-Ups section of the same issue of Filmindia.

==Soundtrack==
Music composed by Saraswati Devi with lyrics by J. S. Kashyap. The singers were Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Vimla, Meera and Lalita.<ref name=Muvyz>{{cite web|title=Vachan(1938)|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/td492196/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Ltd.|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Phoolo Tum Aaj Khushi Se Phoolo"
| Ashok Kumar
|-
| 2
| "Naval Naveli Naari Hum Kunwari Baari"
| Devika Rani, Meera, Vimla, Lalita
|-
| 3
| "Ham Pinjare Ki Maina"
| Meera
|-
| 4
| "Aa Re Panchhi Pyare"
| Devika Rani
|-
| 5
| "Baisakh, Fagun Wa Chaith"
| Ashok Kumar
|-
| 6
| "Ban Ki Yeh Chidiya Chidiya Bani Ab Pinjre Ki Maina"
| Devika Rani, Meera
|-
| 7
| "Hriday Hai Kahin Aur Jaan Hai Kahin"
| Ashok Kumar
|-
| 8
| "Janoon Tere Sajan Ki Ghatiyan"
| Devika Rani, Meera
|-
| 9
| "Namo Namo Hai Veer"
| Devika Rani
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0030923|Vachan (1938)}}

{{Franz Osten}}

[[Category:1938 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Franz Osten]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:1938 drama films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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