Dhiraj

Dhiraj (Patience) is a Bollywood social film. It was released in 1942. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Movietone. Gyan Dutt was the music director, with lyrics by Pandit Indra. The cast included Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Kesari, Nurjehan.

Dhiraj was doing successful business at the box-office when it was banned by the British government on the request of the Advisors to the governors. "They had grown intolerant of introduction of symbols like pictures of national leaders in films".

Cast

 * Sitara Devi
 * Ishwarlal
 * Kesari
 * Nurjehan
 * Khatoon
 * Dhiraj
 * Rajkumari

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Gyan Dutt and the lyricist was Pandit Indra. The singers were Ishwar Lal, Gyan Dutt, Nur Jehan, Kesari.