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{{short description|1936 film}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Baghi Sipahi
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| director = [[Abdul Rashid Kardar]]
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| starring = {{ubl|[[Gul Hamid]]|[[Patience Cooper]]|Bimla Kumari|[[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]]}}
| music = [[K. C. Dey]]
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| studio = East India Film Company
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| released = 1936
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| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
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'''''Baghi Sipahi''''' (Rebel Soldier) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1936|1936]] [[Hindi]]/[[Urdu]] film directed by [[A. R. Kardar]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT241|accessdate=24 March 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=241–}}</ref> It was an adaptation of ''[[Cardinal Richelieu (film)|Cardinal Richelieu]]'' (1935) directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]], a [[Twentieth Century Pictures]] production, which was a big success at the box-office.<ref name="Thoraval2000">{{cite book|author=Yves Thoraval|title=The cinemas of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OpkAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 March 2015|date=1 February 2000|publisher=Macmillan India|isbn=978-0-333-93410-4}}</ref> ''Baghi Sipahi'', a costume action drama, was produced by the East India Film Company.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Baghi Sipahi|url=http://www.gomolo.com/baghi-sipahi-movie/440|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>

[[Gul Hamid]] played the lead, and it was cited as an "important film" for him.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT52|accessdate=24 March 2015|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|pages=52–}}</ref> [[Patience Cooper]], Bimla Kumari, [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]] and Lalita also played significant roles along with Gul Hamid.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Baghi Sipahi |url=http://www.citwf.com/film27274.htm |website=citwf.com |publisher=Alan Goble |accessdate=24 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142506/http://www.citwf.com/film27274.htm |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Gul Hamid]]
* Bimla Kumari
* [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]]
* [[Lalita Pawar]]
* Indubala
* Anees
* Azurie
* Mohammed Ishaq

==Reception==
''Baghi Sipahi'' was a big commercial success, which "won him (Kardar) a wide audience following". However, Kardar was also criticised for "plagiarising", but his handling of the story and theme earned him critical acclaim.<ref name="Garga1996">{{cite book|author=Bhagwan Das Garga|title=So many cinemas: the motion picture in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXRZAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 March 2015|year=1996|publisher=Eminence Designs|isbn=978-81-900602-1-9}}</ref> The success of the film established East India Company on a large scale across the "Indian film map".<ref name="RamachandranRukmini1985">{{cite book|author1=T. M. Ramachandran|author2=S. Rukmini|title=70 Years of Indian Cinema, 1913-1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9rthUDKxyEC|accessdate=24 March 2015|date=1 January 1985|publisher=CINEMA India-International|isbn=978-0-86132-090-5}}</ref> The film had the popular pair of Gul Hamid and Patience Cooper who were married to each other till Hamid's death in 1936. Their next film together was ''Khyber Pass'' (1936), scripted and directed by Hamid.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

==Soundtrack==
The music director was [[K. C. Dey]], and the lyricist was Akbar Khan Peshawri.<ref name=Muvyz>{{cite web|title=Baghi Sipahi|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/es999433/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Ltd.|accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Ae Saqiye Mastana Bhar De Mera Paimana"
|-
| 2
| "Anokhi Vaza Hain Saare Jahan Se Nirale Hain"
|-
| 3
| "Bewafa Kis Se Ja Kar Kahun"
|-
| 4
| "Dil Teer-e-Nazar Ka Nishana Hua"
|-
| 5
| "Ilaaj Ki Nahin Haalat Dil-o-Jigar Ke Liye"
|-
| 6
| "Maston Pe Ungalian Na Uthao Bahaar Mein"
|-
| 7
| "Phir Dil Ko Namkada Mein Rakha Do"
|-
| 8
| "Saqiya Abr Abhi Aaya Nahin Maikhane Par"
|-
| 9
| "Sitam Hai Mashware Yeh Ho Rahein Hain"
|-
| 10
| "Yeh Aabroo Thi Tujhe Gal Ke Rubaru Karte"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0231219|title=Baghi Sipahi (1936) }}
* Bimla Kumari in Bhagi Sipahi by Rashid Ashraf https://www.flickr.com/photos/rashid_ashraf/16593601277/in/photostream/

{{A. R. Kardar}}

[[Category:1936 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. R. Kardar]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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