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{{Infobox film
| name = Atma Tarang
| image =
| image_size =
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| director = [[Sohrab Modi]]
| producer = Sohrab Modi
| writer =
| starring = [[Sohrab Modi]]<br>Feroze Dastur<br>Prabha<br>Eruch Tarapore
| music = Habib Khan
| cinematography = Dara Mistry
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Minerva Movietone
| released = 1937
| runtime = 121 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Urdu|Hindi]]
| budget =
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}}
'''''Atma Tarang''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1937|1937]] [[Hindi]] social drama film directed by [[Sohrab Modi]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA7-PA1987|accessdate=6 January 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=7–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/atma-tarang-movie/565|title=Movie-Atma Tarang|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> This film and ''Khan Bahadur'', made the same year, were the first films produced under Modi's newly established banner, Minerva Movietone (1936). The music was composed by Habib Khan, with art direction by Rusi K. Banker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/1937/atma-tarang |title=Atma Tarang |publisher=The Rest |accessdate=6 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010191232/http://www.upperstall.com/films/1937/atma-tarang |archivedate=10 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=Gangar>{{cite book|last1=Gangar|first1=Amrit|title=Sohrab Modi The Great Mughal of Historicals|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Tree|location=New Delhi, India|isbn=9788183281089|pages=110}}</ref>
The film starred the singer-actor Feroz Dastur in the role of Mohan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/films/firoz_dastur/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150106104015/http://rateyourmusic.com/films/firoz_dastur/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 January 2015 |title=Firoz Dastur |publisher=Rateyourmusic.com |accessdate=6 January 2015 }}</ref> with Sohrab Modi, Prabha, and Vasant Pahelwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film22774.htm |title=Atma Tarang |publisher=Alan Goble |accessdate=6 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011910/http://www.citwf.com/film22774.htm |archivedate=5 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> [[C. Ramchandra]], the famous music composer was a [[Harmonium#On the Indian subcontinent|harmonium]] accompanist for Minerva Movietone music directors like Habib Khan and Bindu Khan. He also acted in a small role in ''Atma Tarang'' and in the earlier ''[[Said-e-Havas]]'' (1936).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saregama.com/portal/pages/artist?mode=get_details_by_name&artistName=C%20RAMCHANDRA#|title=C. Ramchandra-Biography |publisher=Saregama India Ltd|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref>

The story involved the topic of [[Ramakrishna Mission#Monastic Order|Brahmacharya]], which was Modi's preference for his first film under the Minerva banner, as he was influenced at that time by his interest in the [[Ramakrishna Mission]].<ref name=Modi>{{cite web|last1=Chaudhary|first1=Yash|title=Sohrab Modi-Documentary|url=http://filmsdivision.org/shop/sohrab-modi|website=filmsdivision.org|publisher=Films Division|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Sohrab Modi]]
* Prabha
* Feroze Dastur
* Vasant Pahelwan
* Eruch Tarapore
* Gulzar
* S. L. Puri

==Box office==
According to Modi in a 1988 [[Films Division of India]] biographical film- Sohrab Modi by Yash Chaudhary, ''Atma Tarang'' was the biggest flop he ever made. Modi stated that while waiting in the Minerva Theatre (where the film was released), [[Bombay]], he observed there were hardly 20-30 people in the audience. Four men approached him and congratulated a by-then dejected Modi, and told him to continue making good films like ''Atma Tarang'' and he would reach the top one day. He later found out that the four men were judges of the Bombay High Court.

==Soundtrack==
The music director was Habib Khan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/es767862/songs/#tabs|title=Songs Atma Tarang|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref>

===Song list===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Brindaban Mein Leela Rachi"
|-
| 2
| "Jhootha Yeh Sansar Re Jhoothi Maya"
|-
| 3
| "Is Prithvi Mein Har Ne Sadhu Kaisa Khel Rachaya Hai"
|-
| 4
| "Jap Naam Harihar Narayan Shri Ram Hari"
|-
| 5
| "Bansuri Bajao Hey Shyam Abhiram"
|-
| 6
| "Padi Bipata Hari Hai Bhagwan"
|-
| 7
| "Rakh Lee Laaj More Prabhu Ne Aaj"
|-
| 8
| "Mana Mana Re Man Matware Khushi Mana Re"
|-
| 9
| "Kaisi Prem Basant Rut Suhani Laage"
|-
| 10
| "Jagat Mein Prem Bada Balwan"
|-
| 11
| "Dhanya Dhanya Raja Indra Tum"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0243125|title =Atma Tarang (1937) }}

{{Sohrab Modi}}

[[Category:1937 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1937 drama films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sohrab Modi]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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