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{{Infobox film<br />
| name =1857 <br />
| image =<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Surendra in 1857<br />
| director = Mohan Sinha<br />
| producer =<br />
| writer = M. Zahur<br />
| story = M. Zahur<br />
| screenplay = Dr. Safdar'ah'<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]]<br>[[Suraiya]]<br>Wasti<br>[[Madan Puri]]<br />
| music = [[Sajjad Hussain (composer)|Sajjad Hussain]]<br />
| cinematography = V. N. Reddy<br />
| editing = Manhar Prabhu<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 1946<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''1857 ''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1946|1946]] Indian [[Bollywood]] film. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1946.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1946|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=151&catName=MTk0Ng==|publisher=Box Office India|accessdate=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614082551/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=151&catName=MTk0Ng==|archive-date=14 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was directed by Mohan Sinha for Murari Pictures. The story was by M. Zahur with screenplay and dialogue by Safdar 'Ah'. The film starred the singer-actor pair of [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]] and [[Suraiya]],<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=PA63|year=2012|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-08572-9|page=63}}</ref> along with Wasti, Nigar, Munshi Khanjar, Madan Puri.<br />
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1857 was a historical fiction drama set against the backdrop of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] also known as the First war of independence.<ref name=Narwekar>{{cite web|last1=Narwekar|first1=Sanjit|title=Hindi Cinema and the Freedom Struggle|url=https://www.academia.edu/819268|website=academia.edu|publisher=Academia|accessdate=28 September 2019|ref=academia.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625055544/http://www.academia.edu/819268/Hindi_Cinema_and_the_Freedom_Struggle|archive-date=25 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
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;Male<br />
* [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]] as Aslam<br />
* Wasti as Navab Aghashouqat<br />
* Benjamin as Jawahir Singh<br />
* Shakir as Nawab Khurshid Mirza<br />
* Shyam Sunder as Manzoor<br />
* Ganju as Bahadur Shah<br />
* Y. N. Joshi as Dileep<br />
* [[Madan Puri|Madanpuri]] as Prince Mirza Mughal<br />
* Munshikhanjar as father of Manzoor<br />
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;Female <br />
* [[Suraiya]] as Tasnim<br />
* Menka as Begum<br />
* [[Nigar Sultana (actress)|Nigar]] as mother of Manzoor<br />
* Lila as sister of Manzoor<br />
* Laxmi as Queen of Jhanshi<br />
;Dances<br />
*Kundanlal<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music composer was [[Sajjad Hussain (composer)|Sajjad Hussain]] and the lyricists were Anuum Pilibhiti, Pandit Ankur, Shewan Rizvi, and Y.N.Joshi.<ref name=hindigeetmala>{{cite web|title=1857 (1946)|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/1857.htm|website=hindigeetmala.net|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=28 September 2022}}</ref> The singers were Suraiya, Surendra, [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Khan Mastana]] and Rajkumari.<ref name=Muvyz>{{cite web|title=1857|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/gn560163/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Ltd|accessdate=28 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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===Song List===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Title !! Singer !! Lyricist<br />
|- <br />
| 1<br />
| "Meri Ho Gayi Unse Baat"<br />
| [[Suraiya]]<br />
| Pandit Ankur<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Dilli Tere Kile Par"<br />
| Suraiya<br />
| Shewan Rizvi<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Umido Ka Tara Kismat Pe"<br />
| Suraiya<br />
| Anjum Pilibhiti<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Gham-e-Aashiyana Satayega Kab Tak" <br />
| Suraiya<br />
| Mohan Singh<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Teri Nazar Mein Main Rahun"<br />
| [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], Suraiya<br />
| Mohan Singh<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Jhamak Jhamak Liye"<br />
| [[Shamshad Begum]]<br />
| Y. N. Joshi<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Chupke Hi Chupke Na Jaana"<br />
| [[Rajkumari Dubey|Rajkumari]], [[Khan Mastana]]<br />
| Anjum Pilibhiti<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| "Woh Pehli Mulaqat"<br />
| Surendra<br />
| Pandit Ankur<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=tt0132669|title=1857 }}<br />
* [http://hindi-movies-songs.com/joomla/index.php/hindi-films/posted-songs/158-1946-1857 Audio] of 1857 At Surjit Singh's posted songs<br />
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