Sohni Mahiwal (1946 film)

Sohni Mahiwal is a 1946 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Ishwarlal and Ravindra Jaykar and produced in Bombay by Jayant Desai Productions. It is based on the folk story of Sohni Mahiwal. The film starred Begum Para in the lead role as Sohni, along with Ishwarlal, Mubarak, Dixit and Shobha.

Cast

 * Begum Para as Sohni
 * Ishwarlal
 * Mubarak
 * Dikshit
 * Reva Shankar
 * Saeed Ahmed
 * Gharpure
 * Bibibai
 * Shobha
 * Nafees Begum
 * Kesharbai.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Lal Mohammad with lyrics by Swami Ramanand and Munshi Dil. The movie is a musical and contains 11 songs, most of which were sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali, who had five solos and three duets with G. M. Durrani. Naseem Akhtar and Reva Shankar sang one song each.

The lyrics for "Nahin Chiraag" and "Oh tujh Pe Salaam Ae Mere Nakeaam-e-Mohabbat" were written by Munshi Dil. The lyrics of the other songs are by Swami Ramanand.