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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kokila<br />
| image = <br />
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| director = [[Sarvottam Badami]]<br />
| producer = [[Sagar Movietone]]<br />
| writer = [[Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]]|[[Sabita Devi]]|[[Shobhna Samarth]]|Maya Bannerjee}}<br />
| music = [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] <br />
| cinematography = [[Faredoon Irani]]<br />
| editing = <br />
| distributor = Supreme Film Distributors, Bombay<br />
| studio = Sagar Movietone<br />
| released = 30 October 1937<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Kokila''''' ({{Trans|Nightingale}}) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1937|1937]] [[Hindi]] social family drama film directed by [[Sarvottam Badami]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/kokila-movie/609|title=Kokila (1937)|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref> The music was composed by [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] with lyrics written by Siddiqui and [[Zia Sarhadi]].<ref name=giitaayan>{{cite web|title=Anil Biswas Filmography-Kokila pg 7|url=http://survey.giitaayan.com/ab/anilbiswascomplete.pdf|website=survey.giitaayan.com|publisher=SurveyGiitaayan.com|accessdate=3 October 2014|ref=Hamraz's Hindi Film Geet Kosh}}</ref> The story was adapted from the well-known novel ''Kokila'', written by [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] writer [[Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai]].<ref name="Patel">{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Kokila - Review|journal=Filmindia|date=December 1937|volume=3|issue=8|pages=35|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia19373803unse#page/n15/mode/2up|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref> The film starred [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], [[Sabita Devi]], [[Shobhna Samarth]], Maya Bannerjee, [[Sitara Devi]], Pesi Patel, Siddiqui and Kayam Ali.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film187577.htm|title=Kokila 1937|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]]<br />
* [[Sabita Devi]]<br />
* [[Shobhna Samarth]]<br />
* [[Sitara Devi]]<br />
* Sankata Prasad<br />
* Maya Bannerjee<br />
* Pesi Patel<br />
* Kayam Ali<br />
* Siddiqui<br />
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==Review and Box Office==<br />
The film was not a success with [[Baburao Patel]] of ''[[Filmindia]]'' in his December 1937 editorial claiming it had "failed rather badly".<ref name=Patel /><br />
However, it had a large audience attendance in the first week and that according to Patel was due to Sabita Devi. The screenplay was considered a poor adaptation of the story. Patel was critical of Motilal and Siddiqui's performances while praising Maya Bannerjee and Sankatha Prasad for their efforts.<ref name="Patel p. 35">Patel, p. 5</ref> Shobhna Samarth had made her entry in films through ''Nigah-e-Nafrat'' (1935), but came into prominence with her roles in films like ''[[Do Diwane]]'' (1936) and ''Kokila''.<ref name=Joshi>{{cite news|last1=Joshi|first1=Lalit Mohan|title=Shobhana Samarth|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/21/guardianobituaries1|accessdate=3 October 2014|agency=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=21 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Music==<br />
The music was composed by Anil Biswas with lyrics by Siddiqui and Zia Sarhadi The singers were Sabita Devi, Maya Bannerjee, Anil Biswas and Dattaram Kadam.<ref name="Patel p. 35">Patel, p. 5</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/td901102/songs/#tabs|title=Kokila 1937|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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===Song List===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Title !! Singer <br />
|- <br />
| 1<br />
| "Auron Ka Jag Kya Hai"<br />
| Dattaram Kadam<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Din Ki Ghadiyan Roye Bitai"<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Sajan Ke Waste Main Bhon Le Jaoongi"<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Sagar Gaaye parvat Gaaye, Gaaye Koyal Ban Ki"<br />
| Anil Biswas<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Nainan Ke Sain Se Bulayi Ho Shyam Mohe"<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Mohe Ghar Ke Dwar Pe Laaga Jaamuniya Ka Ped"<br />
| Anil Biswas<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Jeevan Mein Sikh Paaya Humne"<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id =0154743 |title =Kokila (1937) }}<br />
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[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Sarvottam Badami]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]<br />
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