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{{Infobox film<br />
| name =Bachchon Ka Khel<br />
| image = Bachchon Ka Khel.jpg<br />
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| director = Raja Nene<br />
| producer = Ramnik Productions<br />
| writer = G. K. Power{{sfn | ''Internet Archive'' | 2010}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Meena Kumari]]|Aga Jan, Nimbalkar|Shanta Patel|Baby Shakuntala{{sfn | ''Internet Archive'' | 2010}}}}<br />
| music = C. Ramchandara<br />
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| released = 2 May 1946{{sfn | ''Internet Archive'' | 2010}}<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
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'''''Bachchon Ka Khel''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1946|1946]] [[India|Indian]] [[film]] produced by Ramnik Productions and directed by Raja Nene. It was released at Novelty Bombay on 2 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=25 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814141558/http://www.gomolo.com/|archive-date=14 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|accessdate=25 April 2013|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851706696}}</ref>The film's music is by C. Ramchandara, lyrics by Magan, Pt Sharma and art direction by Shripatrao Mane.{{sfn | ''Internet Archive'' | 2010}} The film starred [[Meena Kumari]], Aga Jan, Nimbalkar, Shanta Patel and Baby Shakuntala.<ref name="Internet Archive 2010">{{cite web | title=FilmIndia (1946) | website=Internet Archive | date=2010-07-21 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194814unse#page/n517/mode/2up/search/meena | accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref> With this film, at the young age of 13, Baby Meena became the heroine [[Meena Kumari]]. To quote the film review featured in [[Filmindia]] 1946 "The newcomer [[Meena Kumari]] is a good addition to the screen. she does well as Anuradha and has a promising future."{{sfn | ''Internet Archive'' | 2010}} The film turned out to be an ordinary film, but Meena performed with credit and her talent was noticed at this time by two other important film makers, [[Kidar Sharma]] and [[Homi Wadia]].<ref name="Mehta 2016">{{cite book | last=Mehta | first=Vinod | title=Meena Kumari | date=2016-12-01 | isbn=9789350296271 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1brjAAAAQBAJ&q=Adhuri+Kahani | accessdate=2016-12-19}}</ref>[[Meena Kumari]], after her career as a child artist, started doing adult roles as heroines in mythologicals and fantasy genres before she made it in mainstream cinema with ''[[Baiju Bawra (film)|Baiju Bawra]]'' (1952).<ref name=Nihalani>{{cite book|last1=Gulazāra, Nihalani, Chatterjee|first1=Govind, Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=India|isbn=9788179910665}}</ref><br />
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==Music==<br />
#"Tum Kalpana Karo" (Version 2) - [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
#"Aaye Aaye Hain Sapne Me Hamare Woh" - Anuradha<br />
#"Bante Na Banega Kisi Ke Desh Hamara" - Vasanti<br />
#"Dekhe Na Kahi Duniya" - Vasanti, Vijaya Chitalkar Ramchandra Magan<br />
#"Jivan Ki Dhara To Jaise Jharne Ka Pani" - N/A<br />
#"Mujhko Teri Yaad Hansaye" - N/A<br />
#"Nazre Hamari Mil Gaye" - Shanta<br />
#"O Bhulne Wale" - N/A<br />
#"Tum Kalpana Karo" (Version 1) - Vasanti<br />
* During the 1940s, the names of the characters(female) who sung the songs onscreen were shown on the sound records. Thus, the artists namely Anuradha, Vasanti and Shanta are actually the names of characters on whom the song was picturised and not the names of the original singers.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id = |title =Bachchon Ka Khel }}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by C. Ramchandra]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
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