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'''''Meri Bahen''''' (also called '''''My Sister''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1944|1944]] [[ | '''''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. | ||