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{{Infobox film
| name = Ekta
| image = Ekta First Sindhi Flim Screencapture.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Homi Wadia]]
| producer = Karim Bux Nizamani Homi Wadia [[Ram Panjwani]]
| writer = Agha Ghulam Nabi
| starring = Karim Bux Nizamani Kaushalya Gulshan Sufi [[Hari Shivdasani]]
| music = Gulshan Sufi
| editing =
| released = {{film date|1942}}
| runtime =
| studio = [[Wadia Movietone|Wadia Studios]]
| country = [[British India]]
| language = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''Ekta''' is a 1942 [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] film directed by [[Homi Wadia]] and produced by his [[Wadia Movietone|Wadia Studios]] in [[Bombay]].<ref name="sd"/><ref>[https://pakmag.net/film/db/predetails.php?pid=2331 Ekta, Sindhi Film], Pakistan Film Magazine.</ref> This [[black and white film]] was the first film in Sindhi and was financed by Karim Bux Nizamani. It starred Nizamani and Kaushalya in the lead roles and was about [[Hindu–Muslim unity]].<ref name="sd"/>

Its premier at the Taj Mahal Cinema in [[Karachi]] was inaugurated by the then [[Premier of Sindh]], [[Allah Bux Soomro]], but the film ran in theatres for only two weeks due to trade restrictions incurring significant losses for Wadia.<ref name="sd"/>

== Production ==
This film was directed by [[Homi Wadia]] and produced by [[Ram Punjwani|Ram Panjwani]]. It was financed by Karim Bux Nizamani who was the hero of this film.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Panhwer, Muhammad Yousuf; [http://www.sindhiadabiboard.org/Catalogue/Dramas/Book3/Book_page10.html سنڌي ڊراما سو ساله جشن], In Sindhi Natak Ji Tareekh, pp. 6, [[Institute of Sindhology]], 1992. Retrieved on 2020.04.19</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pahenjiakhbar.com/showbiz_news/%d9%be%d9%87%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b3%d9%86%da%8c%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%84%d9%85-%d8%ac%d9%8a-%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88-%da%aa%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a8%d8%ae%d8%b4-%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%da%bb/|title=پهرين سنڌي فلم جي هيرو ڪريم بخش جي ورسي -|language=sd|access-date=2020-04-18|website=pahenjiakhbar.com}}</ref> Nizamani was not only a film actor, he was also a writer, social worker and a landlord of [[Matli]] in [[Sindh]]. His autobiography "Kayee" is one of the best autobiographies in Sindhi.<ref>Brohi, Ali Ahmed; Rais Karim Bux Nizamani. In Jaam, Jamote, Jamda, New Fields Publications, Tando Wali Muhammad, [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], 1999.</ref> Kaushalya<ref name=":1">Nizamani Karim Bux; Kayee (ڪيئي), pp. 162, Roshni Publication, [[Kandiaro]], 2018.</ref><ref>Mughairy Abdul Majeed: [https://web.archive.org/web/20181225025927/https://www.awamiawaz.com/261573/ سنڌي فلمن جي سار ڪير لهندو!؟], [[Daily Awami Awaz|Daily Awami Awas]], 25 December 2018. Retrieved on 2020.04.20</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kothari|first=Sunil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAbMS6ynGJ8C&q=Lacchu+Maharaj++Koshalya&pg=PA32|title=Kathak: Indian Classical Dance Art|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=1988|isbn=9788170172239|location=New Delhi, India|pages=32}}</ref> was the heroine of the film. She was from [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. She was a dancer, playback singer and actress. Her father [[Lachhu Maharaj]] was a famous dancer.<ref name=":1" /> He himself trained Kaushalya in [[Kathak]] dance.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Banerji|first=Projesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lsuhSiITjU8C&q=Kaushalya++kathak+dancer&pg=PA82|title=Dance in Thumri|publisher=Shakti Malik, Abhinav Publications|year=1986|isbn=81-7017-212-8|location=New Delhi, India|pages=82}}</ref> Her mother's name was Rama Devi.

[[Hari Shivdasani]], Chandu Shivdasani, Sikander, Gulshan Sufi, Chander Vaswani, Maya Devi and others played their roles in this film.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=سنڌي%20فلمون%20پسمنظر%20۽%20تاريخ|title=سنڌي فلمون پسمنظر ۽ تاريخ : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)|website=[[Encyclopedia Sindhiana]]|language=sd|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> Noted writer Agha Abdul Nabi Sufi wrote the story and dialogues<ref>Qadiri, Ayaz; [http://www.sindhiadabiboard.org/catalogue/poetry/Book36/Book_page40.html Sindhi Ghazal Ji Aosar: Agha Abdul Nabi Agha], pp. 40, Institute of Sindhology, 1940. Retrieved on 2020.04.2020.</ref> and famous poet [[Khialdas Fani]] composed lyrics for the film. The theme of the film was Hindu Muslim harmony (Ekta means Unity). The film was released in Taj Mahal Cinema [[Karachi]].<ref name="sd">{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=ايڪتا|title=ايڪتا|website=[[Encyclopedia Sindhiana]]|language=sd|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> Kaushalya and Gulshan Sufi were playback singers of this film.

==See also==
* [[Sindhi cinema]]
* [[List of Sindhi-language films]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://indiancine.ma/DNN/info Ekta] at Indiancine.ma
* [https://pakmag.net/film/db/predetails.php?pid=2331 Ekta] at pakmag.net

[[Category:1942 films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Sindhi-language films]]

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