Prarthana (1943 film)

Prarthana is a 1943 Indian Hindi-language social film directed by Sarvottam Badami for Sohrab Modi's  Minerva Movietone. The music director was Saraswati Devi and the lyricist was Safdar Aah Sitapuri. Having worked for Madan Theatres Ltd and Sagar Movietone in the 1930s, the famous singer and actress Jehanara Kajjan returned to work after a hiatus of four years working for studios like Minerva Movietone. Prarthana is cited as "probably" her last film before her death in 1944. The film starred Motilal, Jahanara Kajjan, Sabita Devi, Sajjan, Nimabalkar, K. N. Singh, Sadat Ali, Mehboob and Abu Bakar.

Cast

 * Motilal
 * Kajjanbai
 * Sabita Devi
 * K. N. Singh
 * Sajjan
 * Nimbalkar
 * Sajjan
 * Sadat Ali
 * Mehboob
 * Ghulam Hussain
 * Abu Bakar
 * Nimbalkar
 * Menaka.
 * Shorrey.

Music
The music was by Saraswati Devi with lyrics by Safdar Aah. The singers were Jahanara Kajjan, Vasant, Rehmat Bai and Moolchand. The song "Aaya Sawan Aaja" sung by Kajjan with relative ease, was in the raga Brindabani Sarang. Other popular songs of Kajjan from this film are, "Kahe Neha Lagaye Sajaniya" and "Ek Dhundhla Sa Mohabbat Ka Hai Nasha Baaki".