Chand
About Chand
Singer Murari works in Lahore with the dancer Menika, who wants him for herself. He does not. Offered a music director's job in Bombay, he leaves with his friend Ghungru. The trains are late, the job is gone, and the two sleep on a park bench until Murari talks his way into an empty flat in Seth Jwala Prasad's house and hangs out a sign for a music school. The Seth's daughter Raj wants nothing to do with him until a Japanese air-raid scare sends the servants away and leaves her alone. Menika arrives in Bombay and the romance breaks. Murari and Ghungru end up on the Seth's payroll, then get sacked when Jwala Prasad finds out about Raj and plans to marry her to another rich man's son in Delhi. Murari goes to Calcutta with Menika. Raj follows, argues Menika into giving him up, and joins the nursing service. They meet again after a Japanese raid on Calcutta and after the Seth is ruined in speculation.
Cast & crew
More about Chand
D.D. Kashyap directed, and wrote the story and screenplay, for Prabhat Film Company, Bombay. Qamar Jalalabadi wrote the dialogue and the lyrics. Surendra Pai was the cinematographer. B.D. Thate was the art director. Cinemaazi prints the plot from the official press booklet.
Themes
Making
Husnlal had trained as a violinist and Bhagatram played harmonium. Chand was the first film they scored as a pair. Bhagatram had already composed for other films in 1939 and 1940.
Look
Surendra Pai photographed the film in black and white.
Music
Husnlal-Bhagatram composed the score, their first as a duo, with lyrics by Qamar Jalalabadi. Zeenat Begum and G.M. Durrani sing "Aaye Hain Balma Ho Din Pyare Pyare" and "Ae Chand Bata Mujhko Kya Isi Ka Naam Hai Pyar." Zeenat Begum also sings "Kya Yahi Jawani Hai." Saregama issued the songs.
Notes
- Prem Adib plays Murarilal. D.K. Sapru plays Seth Jwalaprasad. Balakram plays Ghungharoo. IMDb bills Begum Para as Chand.
- Sitara Devi, Vatsala Kumthekar, and Shashikala are also in the cast. Vatsala is billed as Bijli.
- MySwar notes that the song "Do Dilon Ko Ye Duniya Milne Hi Nahin Deti" was sung by Manju and filmed on her brother Balakram.
- A Millennium Post article of August 3, 2019, says Pandit Amarnath was asked to score for Prabhat and sent his younger brothers instead.
Scenes
- Murari and Ghungru sleep on a Bombay park bench after the music job falls through.
- Murari hangs a 'Music School' sign on a flat in Seth Jwala Prasad's house.
- The servants walk out during a Japanese air-raid scare and leave Raj alone in the house.
- Raj goes to Menika in Calcutta and talks her into stepping aside.
Quotes
Ae chand bata mujhko kya isi ka naam hai pyar
