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{{Infobox film
| name = Balam
| image = Balam 1949.jpg
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| director = [[Homi Wadia]]
| producer = Hila Wadia Productions
| writer = [[JBH Wadia]]
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| starring = [[Suraiya]]<br>[[Wasti (actor)|Wasti]]<br>[[Masood (actor)|Masood]]<br>[[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]]<br>[[Agha (actor)|Agha]]
| music = [[Husnlal Bhagatram]]
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| studio = Wadia Movies
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| released = 1949
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| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Balam''''' (Hindi: बालम, ''Beloved'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1949|1949]] [[Hindi]] romantic action film directed by [[Homi Wadia]].<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=RA1-PA1871|accessdate=14 September 2014|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|page=1}}</ref> Credited as A Hila Wadia Production by Wadia Brothers the film starred [[Suraiya]], [[Wasti (actor)|Wasti]], Masood, [[Nigar Sultana (actress)|Nigar Sultana]], [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], Gulnar and [[Agha (actor)|Agha]].<ref name="cinegems">{{cite web|url=http://cinegems.in/balam-1949/ |title=Balam 1949 |publisher=Cinegems.in |accessdate=14 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204123806/http://cinegems.in/balam-1949/ |archivedate=4 February 2015}}</ref> The music directors were [[Husnlal Bhagatram]].<ref name="Gomolo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/balam-movie/1840 |title=Balam 1949|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>

==Cast==
* Suraiya
* Wasti
* Masood
* Nigar
* Jayant
* Agha
* Jankidas
* Suraiya Chawdhry
* Gulnar
* Anwari
* Master Ratan
* H. Prakash

==Music==
The music was composed by Husnlal Bhagatram and lyrics by Qamar Jalalabadi.<ref name="Hindigeetmala">{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/balam.htm|title=Balam 1949|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> Lata Mangeshkar sang her first duet with Suraiya in this film with the song "O Pardesi Musafir Kise Karta Hai Ishare".<ref name="Patel2012">{{cite book|first=Bhaichand|last=Patel|title=Bollywood's Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6yQYcxZ8wmsC&pg=PT112|year=2012|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-598-5|page=112}}</ref>

===Song List===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Tum Hamen Bhool Gaye"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Thukrake Hamen Chal Diye"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Aata Hai Zindagi Mein Bhala Pyar Kis Tarah"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Suraiya]]
|-
| "O Pardesi Musafir, Kise Karta Hai Ishare"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Suraiya]]
|-
| "Aise Mein Agar Tum Aa Jate"
| Suraiya
|-
| "Pyar Mein Do Dil Mile"
| Suraiya
|-
| "Jo Bhoole Hai Tujhe Ae Dil"
| Suraiya
|-
| "Dekh Li O Duniyawale"
| Suraiya
|-
| "Yahi Hai Kaisa Pyar"
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0380207|title=Balam (1949) }}

{{Homi Wadia}}

[[Category:1949 films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Homi Wadia]]

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