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{{Infobox film
| name = Dhiraj
| image = Dhiraj_(1942).jpg
| caption = Song synopsis booklet cover
| director = [[Chaturbhuj Doshi]]
| producer = [[Chandulal Shah]]
| writer =
| starring = [[Sitara Devi]]<br>Ishwarlal<br>Nur Jehan<br>Rajkumari Shukla
| music = [[Gyan Dutt]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = 1942
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Dhiraj''''' (Patience) is a [[Bollywood]] social [[film]]. It was released in [[Bollywood films of 1942|1942]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/dhiraj-movie/1004|title=Dhiraj 1942|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=12 August 2012}}</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=12 August 2012|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Chaturbhuj Doshi]] for [[Ranjit Studios|Ranjit Movietone]]. [[Gyan Dutt]] was the music director, with lyrics by Pandit Indra.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|title=Dhiraj 1942|url=http://myswar.com/album/dhiraj-1942|website=myswar.com|publisher=MySwar|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref> The cast included [[Sitara Devi]], Ishwarlal, Kesari, Nurjehan.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Dhiraj 1942|url=http://www.citwf.com/film86975.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref>

''Dhiraj'' was doing successful business at the box-office when it was banned by the British government on the request of the Advisors to the governors. "They had grown intolerant of introduction of symbols like pictures of national leaders in films".<ref name="Congress1975">{{cite book|author=Indian History Congress|title=The Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOBtAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 August 2015|volume=36|year=1975|page=505}}</ref><ref name="Baskaran1981">{{cite book|author=Sundararaj Theodore Baskaran|title=The Message Bearers: The Nationalist Politics and the Entertainment Media in South India, 1880-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOEDAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 August 2015|year=1981|publisher=Cre-A|page=145}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Sitara Devi]]
* [[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]]
* Kesari
* Nurjehan
* Khatoon
* dhiraj
Rajkumari

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Gyan Dutt]] and the lyricist was Pandit Indra. The singers were Ishwar Lal, Gyan Dutt, Nur Jehan, Kesari.<ref name=hindigeetmala>{{cite web|title=Dhiraj 1942|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/dhiraj.htm|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Manua Mann Me Dhiraj Dhar"
| Ishwarlal
|-
| 2
| "O Sahiba Jaiyyo Na Des Bangal"
| Nur Jehan, Kesari
|-
| 3
| "Tu Kaisa Hai Bhagwan"
| [[Gyan Dutt]]
|-
| 4
| "Aaj Aaye Ghanshyam Re"
|
|-
| 5
| "Aaj Angna Me Salone Shyam Aaye"
|
|-
| 6
| "Aaj Ham Bhi Bade Ghar Ke Mehman Bane"
|
|-
| 7
| "Dham Dham Dham Veer Chale"
|
|-
| 8
| "Jalebi Khaungi"
|
|-
| 9
| "Main To Bik Gayi Shyam Ke Naam"
|
|-
| 10
| "Milna Hai To Yun Milo"
|
|-
| 11
| "So Ja Lalna Main Palna Jhulau"
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id =0213612 |title =Dhiraj }}

[[Category:1942 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Gyan Dutt]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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