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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Husn Ka Daku<br />
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| director = [[A. R. Kardar]]<br />
| producer = Playart Phototone<br />
| writer = <br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = A. R. Kardar<br>Gulzar<br>Iris Crawford<br>M. Ismail<br />
| music = <br />
| cinematography = D. D. Dabke <br />
| editing =<br />
| studio = Playart Phototone/United Player's Corporation<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1929||}}<br />
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| country = [[British India]]<br />
| language = Silent film<br />
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'''''Husn Ka Daku''''' is a 1929 action adventure [[silent 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=RA4-PA1972|accessdate=21 March 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=4–}}</ref> The film, also called '''''Mysterious Eagle''''' was made by Kardar's Playart Phototone.<ref name="Nowell-Smith1996">{{cite book|author=Geoffrey Nowell-Smith|title=The Oxford History of World Cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordhistoryofw00geof|url-access=registration|accessdate=21 March 2015|date=17 October 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, UK|isbn=978-0-19-811257-0}}</ref> Kardar acted in this, his first production from Playart Phototone. Playart Phototone was a progression from United Player's Corporation, which he had set up in 1928.<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|accessdate=21 March 2015|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=593–}}</ref> ''Husn Ka Daku'' was Kardar's debut directorial venture. It set the foundations for the [[Cinema of Pakistan|Lahore film industry]] in the [[Bhati Gate]] area of [[Lahore]].<ref name=MahmoodZaman>{{cite web|last1=Zaman |first1=Mahmood |title=A. R. Kardar, the father of Pakistani cinema |url=http://mahmoodzaman.com/?p=1915 |website=mahmoodzaman.com |publisher=MahmoodZaman.com |accessdate=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105346/http://mahmoodzaman.com/?p=1915 |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref> The director of photography was D. D. Dabke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film159020.htm |title=Husn Ka Daku|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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The film starred A. R. Kardar and Gulzar in the lead, with the American actress Iris Crawford, M. Ismail, G. R. John and Ghulam Kadir forming the [[ensemble cast]].<ref name=FTVGI>{{cite web|title=A. R. Kardar|url=http://filmtvguildindia.org/Founders.html#apkardar|website=filmtvguildindia.org/|publisher=The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd.|accessdate=21 March 2015|ref=Founder Members}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* A. R. Kardar<br />
* M. Ismail<br />
* Iris Crawford<br />
* G. R. John<br />
* S. F. Shaw<br />
* Ghulam Qadir<br />
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==Release==<br />
The film saw its release at Deepak Cinema, in the Bhati Gate area of Lahore on 12 July 1930. According to Haroon Khalid the film collected "48 rupees, 6 anna and 3 paisa" in the first week.<ref name=HRI>{{cite web|last1=Khalid|first1=Haroon|title=Long-lost siblings|url=http://hrisouthasian.org/resource-center/gandharva/5-archives/137-long-lost-siblings.html?start=45|website=hrisouthasian.org|publisher=HRI Southasian|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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