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| name =Bhanwara
| image = Bhanwara_(1945).jpg
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| director = [[Kidar Sharma]]
| producer = [[Ranjit Studios]]
| writer = Kidar Sharma
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| starring = [[K. L. Saigal]]<br>[[Monica Desai]]<br>[[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun]]
| music = [[Khemchand Prakash]]
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| released = 1944
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| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
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'''''Bhanwara ''''' is an Indian [[Hindi_film|Hindi language film]]. It was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1944.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1944|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA==|publisher=Box Office India|accessdate=26 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016220247/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=149&catName=MTk0NA==|archive-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was released in [[Bollywood films of 1944|1944]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/bhanvara-movie/1196|title=Bhanvara|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</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}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Kidar Sharma]] for [[Ranjit Studios|Ranjit Movietone]].<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT79|year=2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|page=79}}</ref> It starred [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun]], Kamala Chatterjee, [[Monica Desai]], Lala Yakub and Brijmala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film35737.htm|title=Bhanvra 1944|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref>

Set in the early 1940s, the film, a musical comedy is about two friends who arrive in the city to find jobs.

==Plot==
Two friends, Pancham ([[K. L. Saigal]]) and Rekhab ([[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun]]) have just arrived in the city. They are looking for jobs and accommodation. Pancham interested in music, finds a job in a music and dance school to teach singing. There he meets Indu ([[Monica Desai]]), who teaches dancing to the students. She also happens to be his upstairs neighbour where he has rented a room. Indu lives there with her sister Bindu (Kamala Chatterjee). Rekhab manages to rent a room below a wrestler's (Lala Yakub) accommodation. The two friends fall in love with the two sisters. The wrestler helps Rekhab to develop his physique in order to impress his sweetheart. Through comic situations that follow, the film ends happily.

==Cast==
* [[K. L. Saigal]]
* [[Arun Kumar Ahuja|Arun]]
* Kamala Chatterjee
* [[Monica Desai]]
* Lala Yakub
* Brijmala
* Kesari

==Music==
The music was composed by [[Khemchand Prakash]] with lyrics by [[Kidar Sharma]], and a song written each by Swami Ramanand Saraswati and Pandit Indra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/bhanwara_1944.htm|title=Bhanwra 1944|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Ye Woh Jagah Hai"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 2
| "Diya Jisne Dil"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 2
| "Hum Apna Unhe Bana Na Sake"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 3
| "Thukara Rahi Hai Duniya Ham Hain Ki So Rahe Hain"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 4
| "Muskarate Hue Yun Aankh Churaya Na Karo"
| K. L. Saigal
|-
| 5
| "Kya Hamne Bigaada Hai, Kyun Hamko Sataate Ho"
| K. L. Saigal, [[Amirbai Karnataki]]
|-
| 6
| "Duniya Ki Aankhon Se Sharmane Wale"
| Amirbai Karnataki
|-
| 7
| "Mann Ki Bazi Haar Chuka Hai"
| Amirbai Karnataki, Arun Kumar
|-
| 8
| "Teri Pee Pee Ki Pukaron Ne"
| Amirbai Karnataki
|-
| 9
| "Ye Dua Maango Hasino"
|
|-
| 10
| "Ye To Malaria Hai"
| Arun Kumar
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0381050 |title =Bhanvara 1944 }}

[[Category:1944 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian musical comedy films]]
[[Category:1944 musical comedy films]]

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