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{{Infobox film
| name = Bhookh
| image = Bhookh_(1947).jpg
| caption = Screen shot of [[Sheikh Mukhtar]], [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] and Husna in ''Bhookh''
| director = Safdar Aah
| producer =
| writer = Safdar Aah
| narrator =
| starring = [[Sheikh Mukhtar]] <br />Husna <br />[[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] <br />[[Agha (actor)|Agha]]
| music = [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = 1946
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Bookh''''' (Hunger) is a [[Bollywood]] [[film]]. It was released in [[Bollywood films of 1947|1947]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/bhookh-movie/1525|title=Bhookh (1947)|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT245|accessdate=18 August 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=245–}}</ref> Safdar Aah, a writer and lyricist, turned producer and director with ''Bhookh''.<ref name="GulazāraChatterjee2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulazāra|author2=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT312|accessdate=18 August 2015|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=312–|chapter=Post-Independence Despondency}}</ref> Made under the Rang Mahal Ltd. banner, the film starred [[Sheikh Mukhtar]], [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]], and new find actress Husna, in the main lead with music by [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]].<ref name=Filmindia>{{cite journal|title=Rang Mahal Ltd., Bombay|journal=Filmindia|date=June 1946|volume=12|issue=6|pages=69|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194814unse#page/n467/mode/2up/search/Bhookh|accessdate=18 August 2015|ref=Pictures In Making}}</ref> Actress Kiran played the second female lead in her debut role.<ref name=Kiran>{{cite journal|title=Image|journal=Filmindia|date=December 1946|volume=12|issue=12|pages=17|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194814unse#page/16/mode/2up/search/Bhookh|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> Others in the cast included [[Agha (actor)|Agha]], [[Dulari (actress)|Dulari]], Narmada Shankar and Abu Bakar.

The film was a social drama about the poor trying to earn a living to appease their hunger, only to be oppressed by the rich corporate companies and business men.

==Cast==
[[File:Husna_in_Bhookh_(1947).jpg|thumb|right|Husna in ''Bhookh'']]
* [[Sheikh Mukhtar]]
* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]]
* Husna
* [[Agha (actor)|Agha]]
* [[Dulari (actress)|Dulari]]
* Narmada Shankar
* Abu Bakar

==Soundtrack==
The music director was [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]], with lyrics by Safdar Aah. Biswas used [[Shamshad Begum]]'s voice for the first time in this film. He also sang some of the songs. One of the notable songs was "Dekho Hara Hara Ban Hawa San San San" sung by Shamshad Begum and Biswas, another was "Sare Jag Mein" sung by Biswas himself.<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2013">{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA248|accessdate=18 August 2015|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77284-9|pages=248–}}</ref> Shamshad Begum and [[Geeta Dutt]] had first sung together in a group format for the song "Jab Chand Jawan Hoga" with singers Munawwar Sultana and Naseem in ''Bairam Khan'' (1946) under the music direction of [[Ghulam Haider (composer)|Ghulam Haider]]. The song from ''Bhookh'', "Ye Hasino Ke Mele Albele" was their first major duet together and it went on to become a success.<ref name=Shamshad>{{cite web|title=Shamshad Songs with Geeta Dutt|url=http://www.shamshadbegum.com/her-career/her-cosingers/geeta-dutt.html|website=shamshadbegum.com|publisher=Gajendra Jain|accessdate=18 August 2015|ref=Shamshad Begum Ki Anokhi Awaz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101045/http://www.shamshadbegum.com/her-career/her-cosingers/geeta-dutt.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The playback singers for the film were Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum and Anil Biswas.<ref name=hindigeetmala>{{cite web|title=Bhookh (1947)|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/bhookh_1947.htm|website=hindigeetmala.net|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !!Singer
|-
| 1
| "Ye Hasino Ke Mele Albele"
| [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
| 2
| "Dekho Hara Hara Ban Hawa San San San"
| Shamshad Begum, [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]]
|-
| 3
| "Is Jag Me Gareebo Ka Nahi Koi Thikana"
| Geeta Dutt
|-
| 4
| "Aankh Me Kyun Ashq Lab Pe Rahe Haye Kyun"
| Geeta Dutt
|-
| 5
| Banka Chaila Motorva Udaye Liye Jaye
| Shamshad Begum
|-
| 6
| "Jai Janani Bharat Mata Tere Kunj Kunj Hariyali"
|
|-
| 7
| "Sona Chandi Khao Ameero"
|
|-
| 8
| "Sare Jag Me Pet Ka Dhandha"
| Anil Biswas
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id =0377507 |title =Bhookh }}

[[Category:1946 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anil Biswas]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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