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{{Infobox film
| name = Ek Din Ka Sultan
| image = Ek_Din_Ka_Sultan.jpg
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| caption =
| director = [[Sohrab Modi]]
| producer = Sohrab Modi
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]] Wasti Sadiq Ali Pratima Devi
| music = [[Rafiq Ghaznavi]] [[Shanti Kumar Desai]] Dattaram V. Gadkar [[Walter Kaufmann (composer)|Walter Kaufmann]]
| cinematography = Y. D. Sarpotdar
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Minerva Movietone
| released = 1945
| runtime = 147 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Urdu|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
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}}
'''''Ek Din Ka Sultan''''' (King For A Day) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1945|1945]] [[Hindi]]/[[Urdu]] historical drama film produced and directed by [[Sohrab Modi]] with story by [[Agha Jani Kashmiri]].<ref name="Gangar">{{cite book|last1=Gangar|first1=Amrit|title=Sohrab Modi The Great Mughal of Historicals|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Tree|location=New Delhi, India|isbn=9788183281089|pages=60}}</ref> The production company was Minerva Movietone with cinematography by Y. D. Sarpotdar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/1945/ek-din-ka-sultan |title=Ek Din Ka Sultan |publisher=The Rest |accessdate=29 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229153450/http://www.upperstall.com/films/1945/ek-din-ka-sultan |archivedate=29 December 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The music was composed by Rafiq Ghaznavi, [[Shanti Kumar Desai]] and D. Gadkar with lyrics by Wali Saheb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myswar.com/album/ek-din-ka-sultan-1945|title=Ek Din Ka Sultan|publisher=MySwar.com|accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref> The stars featuring in the film were [[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]], Wasti, Pratima Devi, Ghulam Hussain and Ghory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film99790.htm|title=Ek Din Ka Sultan|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>

The film was a "minor historical" using a small incident from the time of Emperor [[Humayun]]'s reign. Gangar cites that ''Ek Din Ka Sultan'' was hailed as a "well-directed" film with "some beautiful production values".<ref name=Gangar />

==Cast==
* [[Sohrab Modi]]
* [[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]]
* Wasti
* Sadiq Ali
* Ghulam Mohammed
* A. Shah
* Pratima Devi
* Ghory
* Amir Banu
* Shantarin

==Soundtrack==
The film's music was composed by three music directors, Rafiq Ghaznavi, [[Shanti Kumar Desai]] and Dattaram V. Gadkar with the lyrics written by Wali Saheb. Playback singing was provided by [[Amirbai Karnataki]], [[G. M. Durrani]], [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]] and Rafiq Ghaznavi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/gn747307/songs/#tabs |title=Songs Ek Din Ka Sultan|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>

===Song List===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer !! Composer
|-
| 1
| "Meri Banri Ki God Hari"
| Zohrabai Ambalewali
| D. Gadkar
|-
| 2
| "Ho Ho Khwaja Ajmeri"
| Zohrabai Ambalewali
| D. Gadkar
|-
| 3
| "Saza Naseeb Ne De Di"
| Amirbai Karnataki
| D. Gadkar
|-
| 4
| "Kisi Ke Kooche Mein Gardan Kataane Jaate Hain"
| [[G. M. Durrani]]
| Rafiq Ghaznavi
|-
| 5
| "Garibon Ki Duniya Jahan Se Nirali"
| Amirbai Karnataki
| Rafiq Ghaznavi
|-
| 6
| "Hum Bahisht Ke Maalik"
| Chorus
| Rafiq Ghaznavi
|-
| 7
| "Unse Jo Sahab Salamat Ho Gayi"
| Amirbai Karnataki
| Shanti Kumar
|-
| 8
| "Duniya Hai Ek Kahani"
|
| Shanti Kumar
|-
| 9
| "Falak Ke Chand Ka Hamne Jawab Dekh Liya"
| [[G. M. Durrani]]
| Shanti Kumar
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0243239 |title =Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945) }}

{{Sohrab Modi}}

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