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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ladies Only <br />
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| director = [[Sarvottam Badami]]<br />
| producer = [[Sagar Movietone]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| story = [[Sarvottam Badami]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Zia Sarhadi]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sabita Devi]]|[[Surendra (actor)|Surendranath]]|[[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]]|Prabha}}<br />
| music = Anupam Ghatak<br />
| cinematography = [[Faredoon Irani|Faredoon Irani A. Irani]]<br />
| editing = Shamshudin Kadri<br />
| distributor = Kapurchand Limited<br />
| studio = Sagar Movietone<br />
| released = 1939<br />
| runtime = 158 min<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
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'''''Ladies Only''''' is a 1939 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language social comedy film directed by [[Sarvottam Badami]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/ladies-only-movie/788|title=Ladies Only 1939|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref> Produced by [[Sagar Movietone]], it had music by Anupam Ghatak and starred [[Surendra (actor)|Surendranath]], [[Sabita Devi]], [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]] and Prabha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film191724.htm|title=Ladies Only 1937|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref> This was the last comedy film made by Sarvottam Badami before he left Sagar Movietone. He joined his mentor Ambalal Patel, at Sudama Pictures to start making "socially relevant" films.<ref name="Narwekar2012">{{cite book|author=Sanjit Narwekar|title=Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbSbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|accessdate=3 October 2014|date=12 December 2012|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-81-291-2625-2|pages=54–}}</ref><br />
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The story involved three girls from different region (States) meeting at a railway station, and their relationship with each other thereafter.<ref name="Narwekar2012" /><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Three girls from different regions of India, [[Sabita Devi]] ([[Gujarat]]), [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]] ([[Punjab, India|Punjab]]), and Prabha ([[Bengal]]) meet at a railway station. With no place to stay they decide to find accommodation together. A cook ([[Bhudo Advani]]) joins them speaking the language from each state. A young crook (Surendra) enters their life and trouble starts brewing between the girls when they all fall in love with him.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
Credits adapted from the films's pressbook:<ref name=Pressbook>{{Cite web|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP341-5-325|title=Ladies Only (1939 film)'s Pressbook|website=Endangered Archives Programme|language=en|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref><br />
* [[Sabita Devi]] as Sarojini<br />
* [[Surendra (actor)|Surendranath]] as Satish<br />
* [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]] as Asha<br />
* Prabha as Chhaya<br />
* [[Bhudo Advani|Advani]] as Jayaram<br />
* Harish as Harish<br />
* Pande as Press Proprietor<br />
* Krishnakumari as Mrs. Durgadas<br />
* Gulzar as Indira<br />
* Sunalini Devi as Headmistress<br />
* Kaushalya as Indoo<br />
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==Music==<br />
Music was composed by Anupam Ghatak with lyrics by Zia Sarhadi and Pandit Indra Chandra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/td399945/songs/#tabs|title=Ladies Only 1939|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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===Song List===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Title <br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| "Aaye Piharva Aaye Aaye"<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Ashram ashram Hum Banaye"<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Banayi Batiyan Mose Kahe Ko Jhoothi"<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Chamke Poonam Ko Poonam Ka Chand"<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Jaldi Pee Ko Paana Mushkil"<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Meri Sejon Ko Mehman Hai Nadan"<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Paniya Bharan Panghat Pe Gayi Main"<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| "Sagar Ke Marg Ghar Baithe Ganga Aayi"<br />
|-<br />
| 9<br />
| "Soye Bin Dekhoon Sapna Yeh Haal Raat Din Apna"<br />
|-<br />
| 10<br />
| "Tere Tirchhe Nishane Yahan Seedhe Lage"<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id =0154758|title =Ladies Only (1939) }}<br />
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{{Sarvottam Badami}}<br />
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[[Category:1939 films]]<br />
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:1939 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Sarvottam Badami]]<br />
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