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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1937 film by Moti Gidwani}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kisan Kanya<br />
| image = Kisan Kanya poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| native_name = Kisan Kanya<br />
| director = Moti Gidwani<br />
| producer = [[Ardeshir Irani]]<br />
| writer = and Dialogue by:<br />[[Saadat Hasan Manto|Sa'adat Hasan Manto]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Saadat Hasan Manto|Sa'adat Hasan Manto]]<br />
| story = Prof. M. Ziauddin<br />
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --><br />
| starring = Padma Devi<br />Zillo<br />Ghulam Md<br />Nissar<br />Sayed Ahmed<br />Gani<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = Ram Gopal Pandey<br />
| cinematography = Rostam Irani<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Imperial Films<br />
| distributor = Supreme Film Distributors<ref name=osianama>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osianama.com/indian-film-cinema-publicity-memorabilia/song-synopsis-booklets/kisan-kanya-1937-1107147|title=KISAN KANYA 1937|website=Osianama|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829210620/https://www.osianama.com/indian-film-cinema-publicity-memorabilia/song-synopsis-booklets/kisan-kanya-1937-1107147|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
| released = {{Film date|1937|01|08}}<br />
| runtime = 137 min<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Kisan Kanya''''' is a 1937 Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]]-language film directed by Moti Gidwani and produced by [[Ardeshir Irani]] under the banner of Imperial Pictures. Made using [[Cinecolor]], the film is based on a novel by [[Saadat Hasan Manto]] that highlights the struggles of poor farmers.<ref name="britannica" /><br />
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The film is historically significant as India’s first indigenously made [[colour film]].<ref name="colorsofindia">{{Cite web |title=First Color Film Made in India |url=http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/cinema/first-color-film-made-in-india.html |access-date=2008-04-29 |publisher=colorsofindia.com}}</ref><ref name="RediffMovies">{{Cite web |title=Know more about Hindi cinema |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/27cinema.htm |access-date=2008-04-29 |work=rediff.com}}</ref><ref name="book1">{{cite book |last=Ganti |first=Tejaswini |url=https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant |title=Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |isbn=0415288533 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/208 208] |quote=kisan kanya color film story. |url-access=registration}}</ref> While [[V. Shantaram]]'s [[Sairandhri (1933 film)|''Sairandhri'']] (1933) featured scenes in colour, it was processed and printed in [[Germany]],<ref name="Culturopedia">{{Cite web |title=First in India |url=http://www.culturopedia.com/first_in_india_misc.html |access-date=2008-04-29 |publisher=culturopedia.com |archive-date=3 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503050834/http://www.culturopedia.com/first_in_india_misc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="the_hindu">{{Cite web |title=A navrang of Shantaram's films |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901060422/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm |archive-date=1 September 2010 |access-date=2008-04-29}}</ref> distinguishing ''Kisan Kanya'' as the first colour film entirely produced within India.<ref name="colorsofindia" /><ref name="book1" /><ref name="culturopedia">{{Cite web |title=The Early Films (1930s-1960s) |url=http://www.culturopedia.com/Cinema/earlyera.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501231938/http://www.culturopedia.com/Cinema/earlyera.html |archive-date=1 May 2008 |access-date=2008-04-29 |publisher=culturopedia.com}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Padma Devi]] as Bansri<br />
* [[Jilloo]] as Ramdai<br />
* [[Ghulam Mohammed (composer)|Ghulam Mohammed]] as Randheer<br />
* Nissar as Ramu<br />
* Syed Ahmed as Muneem<br />
* Gani Gani as the ''Zamindar'' (landlord)<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Film pioneer Ardeshir Irani, who had produced notable films as ''Nala Damayanti'' (1920) which was India's first international co-production<ref name="punjabilok">{{Cite web|url=http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/movies/first_indian_cinema.htm|title=The firsts in Indian cinema |access-date=2008-04-29|publisher=culturopedia.com|author=Subir Ghosh}}</ref> (with Italy) and India's first talkie ''[[Alam Ara]]'' (1931) conceived the idea of producing a color film. The result of his efforts was the color film ''Kisan Kanya'' made with the Cinecolor process<ref name="britannica">{{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of Hindi cinema| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Kisan+Kanya+film+cinecolor&pg=PT76 |author=Gulzar, Govind Nihalani |author2=Saibal Chatterjee |year=2003| pages=52| publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |isbn=8179910660}}</ref> whose process rights Irani had obtained from an American company.<ref name="britannica" /> The film performed moderately at the [[box-office]].<ref name="britannica" /> Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by [[Saadat Hasan Manto]]<ref name="britannica" /> and focused on the plight of poor farmers.<ref name="britannica" /><br />
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== Songs ==<br />
The film had music by Ram Gopal Pandey, and had ten songs:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/kisan_kanya.htm|title=Kisan Kanya : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Kisan Kanya (1937)|website=HindiGeetMala|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> <br />
{{Track listing<br />
|extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Aisa Nagar Basaya Jis Me <br />
| extra1 = [[Padma Devi]], Nissar<br />
| length1 = 3:24<br />
| title2 = Bolo Aali Mere Sune Shant Hriday Me<br />
| extra2 = Padma Devi, Nissar<br />
| length2 = 3:26<br />
| title3 = Chain Mera Chheen Liya Hain<br />
| extra3 = Gulshan Sufi<br />
| length3 =<br />
| title4 = Chal Ri Sakhi Tu Gagar Lekar <br />
| extra4 = Padma Devi, [[Jilloo|Zilloo]]<br />
| length4 = 3:21<br />
| title5 = Dhaan Ke Pole Bhar Bhar Baandhe <br />
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| length5 =<br />
| title6 = Dil Bas Me Nahi Hai Mera <br />
| extra6 = Padma Devi <br />
| length6 = 3:16<br />
| title7 = Maati Hamaari Janani Hain <br />
| extra7 = <br />
| length7 =<br />
| title8 = Mujhe Jungle Ki Rani <br />
| extra8 = <br />
| length8 =<br />
| title9 = Saajan Preet Ko Tod Naa Jaana<br />
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| length9 =<br />
| title10 = Teri Kat Gayee Jeevan Dor <br />
| extra10 = Shah Ali<br />
| length10 =<br />
}}<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* The first Indian color film to be made entirely in India (the earlier [[Sairandhri (1933 Marathi film)|Sairandhri (1933)]] was processed and printed in Germany). This film was also more favorably received than its predecessor.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of early color feature films]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0214858|title= Kisan Kanya}}<br />
* [https://indiancine.ma/CIY/info Kisan Kanya] on indiancine.ma<br />
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