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{{Infobox film
| name = Chandragupta
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| director = [[A. R. Kardar]]
| producer = [[East India Film Company]]
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Nazir Ahmed Khan|Nazir]]|[[Gul Hamid]]|[[Sabita Devi]]|[[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]]|Dhiraj Bhattacharya}}
| music = [[K. C. Dey]]
| cinematography =
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| studio = East India Film Company
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| released = 1934
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| country = [[British India]]
| language = Hindi
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'''''Chandragupta''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1934|1934]] [[Hindi]]/[[Urdu]] historical film directed by [[A. R. Kardar]].<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=RA2-PA1994-IA30|accessdate=27 March 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|page=2}}</ref><ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Chandragupta (1934)|url=http://www.gomolo.com/chandragupta-movie/180|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> Produced by [[East India Film Company]], the music direction was by [[K. C. Dey]].<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Chandragupta (1934)|url=http://www.citwf.com/film58026.htm |website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> Kardar had shifted to [[Calcutta]] where he joined the East India Film Company, and directed "hits" like ''Chandragupta''.<ref name="GulazāraChatterjee2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulazāra|author2=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT593|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=593}}</ref> The film starred [[Nazir Ahmed Khan|Nazir]] as Chandragupta. The cast included [[Gul Hamid]], [[Sabita Devi]], [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]], Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Vasantrao Pehalwan.<ref name=Chiloka>{{cite web|title=Chandragupta (1934)|url=http://chiloka.com/movie/chandra-gupta-1934|website=chiloka.com|publisher=Chiloka|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref>

The story, historical, involves the founder of the [[Mauryan Empire]], [[Chandragupta Maurya]], and his Machiavellian Brahmin advisor/Minister [[Chanakya]]. The film had a commercial success at the box-office and proclaimed Kardar as a "talented film-maker".<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|year=1996|publisher=Eminence Designs|isbn=978-81-900602-1-9}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Nazir Ahmed Khan|Nazir]]
* [[Gul Hamid]]
* [[Sabita Devi]]
* [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]]
* [[Dhiraj Bhattacharya]]
* Vasantrao Pehalwan

==Soundtrack==
The music director is K. C. Dey.<ref name=Muvyz>{{cite web|title=Chandragupta (1934)|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/zl239159/songs/|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Ltd.|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Basa Le Apne Man Mein Preet"
|-
| 2
| "Keh Raha Hai Aasman Yeh Sab Sama Kuchh Bhi Nahin"
|-
| 3
| "Lat Uljhi Suljha Ja Balam"
|-
| 4
| "Maadho Ne Bajai Kaisi Bansuri"
|-
| 5
| "Prem Ke Bas Mein Hai Sansar"
|-
|6
| "Piya Ke Darshan Bin Mor Ab Nahin Pawat Sukh Nain"
|-
| 7
| "Teenon Lok Mein Chha Rahi Mahima Aprampar"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0231334|title=Pooja (1934) }}

{{A. R. Kardar}}

[[Category:1934 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. R. Kardar]]
[[Category:Films set in the Maurya Empire]]
[[Category:Indian historical films]]
[[Category:1930s historical films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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