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{{Infobox film
| name = Daku Mansoor
| image = Daku_Mansoor_(1934).jpg
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| director = [[Nitin Bose]]
| producer = [[New Theatres]]
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| starring = [[K. L. Saigal]]<br>Uma Shashi<br>[[Prithviraj Kapoor]]<br>[[Pahari Sanyal]]
| music = [[R. C. Boral]]
| cinematography = Nitin Bose
| editing =
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| studio = New Theatres
| released = 1934
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| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Daku Mansoor''''' (Mansoor The Dacoit) also called ''Karishma-E-Kudrat'' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1934|1934]] [[Hindi]]/[[Urdu]] costume action drama film directed by [[Nitin Bose]].<ref name=Willemen>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135943257|edition=2, revised}}</ref> The film was produced by [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta and the music director was [[R. C. Boral]].<ref name=Farooqui>{{cite web|last1=Farooqui|first1=Dewan Zubair|title=New Theatres Calcutta Renowned Music Directors|url=http://members.tripod.com/oldies_club/new_theatres_calcutta.htm|website=members.tripod.com|publisher=oldies_club|accessdate=3 Sep 2014}}</ref> The cast of the film included
[[K. L. Saigal]], Uma Shashi, [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Husnbanu, [[Pahari Sanyal]] and Nemo.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Daku Mansoor 1934|url=http://www.citwf.com/film77965.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=3 Sep 2014}}</ref> Daku Mansoor was actress Husn Banu’s debut film.<ref name=cineplot>{{cite web|title=Husn Bano|url=http://cineplot.com/encyclopedia/husn-bano/|website=cineplot.com|publisher=Cineplot.com|accessdate=3 Sep 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712201731/http://cineplot.com/encyclopedia/husn-bano/|archive-date=12 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The film was based on a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] folktale and involves the dacoit Mansoor (K. L. Saigal) and his love first for Paribanu (Husn Banu), and then for Meher (Uma Sashi), and ultimately the rejection of his way of life.<ref name=Saigal>{{cite web|last1=Surender|first1=MV|title=Kundanlal Saigal|url=http://www.kundanlalsaigal.com/IndExpress_1935-Film-DakuMansoor-DulariBibi.html|website=kundanlalsaigal.com|publisher=MV Surender|accessdate=15 January 2015|ref=Indian Express, Madras 29 June 1935|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213052943/http://kundanlalsaigal.com/IndExpress_1935-Film-DakuMansoor-DulariBibi.html|archive-date=13 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plot==
Mansoor ([[K. L. Saigal]]) is a dacoit who falls in love with Husn Pari (Husn Banu), the sister of the evil caliph. His escapades bring him notoriety and Mansoor moves to a new place where he stays as a guest at the merchant Ali's house. Ali and his family have no knowledge of Mansoor's past. Ali's daughter, Meher (Uma Sashi), starts loving Mansoor but he rebuffs her as he is still in love with Husn Pari. On learning that Husn Pari is to be married off by her brother, Mansoor becomes enraged. There follows a fight where Mansoor is badly beaten and in which Husn Pari gets stabbed by the dagger meant to kill Mansoor. Deeply affected, Mansoor gives up his dacoity and gets together with Meher.

==Cast==
*[[K. L. Saigal]]
*Uma Shashi
*[[Prithviraj Kapoor]]
*Husnbanu
*[[Pahari Sanyal]]
*Nemo

==Review==
T. M. Ramachandran called it "essentially a cameraman's (Nitin Bose) film" whose visuals evoked "more telling effects" than words could.<ref name=Ramachandran>{{cite book|last1=Ramachandran|first1=T. M.|title=70 years of Indian cinema 1913-1983|date=1985|publisher=Cinema India-International|location=India|pages=78|url=http://kundanlalsaigal.com/IndExpress_1935-Film-DakuMansoor-Scene.html|accessdate=15 January 2015|ref=MV Surender|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215447/http://kundanlalsaigal.com/IndExpress_1935-Film-DakuMansoor-Scene.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Songs==
Songlist:<ref name=muvyz>{{cite web|title=Daku Mansoor 1934|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/zl343040/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Inc.|accessdate=3 Sep 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Aaya Ghir Ke Aaya Kaise Baadal Chhaya"
|-
| 2
| "Badhate Chalo Haan Jawani Manzil Hai Ab Thodi Door"
|-
| 3
| "Dhala Suraj Sham Hui"
|-
| 4
| "Gul Pe Nikhar Hai Taaja Khabar Bahar Hai"
|-
| 5
| "Ishrat Kya Hai Kuchh Bhi Nahin Sirf Ek Nazr Ka Dhokha Hai"
|-
| 6
| "Kaaya Ki Nahin Maya Bhed Kuchh Na Paya"
|-
| 7
| "Kaisi Sharm Hai Sar Kyun Jhukaya"
|-
| 8
| "Pa Gaye Tumhe Pa Gaye Hum Ab Usko Pa Gaye"
|-
| 9
| "Kaisi Aayi Jawani Duhai Hai"
|-
| 10
| "Woh Mujhse Dur Bhi Hai Laapata Bhi Hai"
|-
| 11
| "Shikwa Nahin Hai Mujhko Yaarab Na Kuchh Gila Hai"
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0156449 |title =Daku Mansoor }}
*[https://indiancine.ma/BJL/info Daku Mansoor (1934)] on indiancine.ma
*Daku Mansoor at [https://web.archive.org/web/20150213052943/http://kundanlalsaigal.com/IndExpress_1935-Film-DakuMansoor-DulariBibi.html Kundan Lal Saigal] site

[[Category:1934 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:1930s action drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Nitin Bose]]
[[Category:1934 drama films]]

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