Hulchul
About Hulchul
Kishore loves Asha, whose father raised him as a son, and he sets out to earn enough to marry her in style. A false charge puts him in jail. The English Wikipedia maps the film loosely onto Wuthering Heights: Dilip Kumar's Kishore stands in for Heathcliff, Nargis's Asha for Catherine Earnshaw, and K. N. Singh's Chandan for Hindley.
Cast & crew
More about Hulchul
S. K. Ojha directed Hasrat Jaipuri's script for producer K. Asif, with V. N. Reddy photographing. Sajjad Hussain composed three songs, left after a money dispute, and Mohammed Shafi Nagri Niyazi composed the other six, with lyrics by Khumar Barabankvi. Wikidata lists India and 1951, with no running time.
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V. N. Reddy is the cinematographer on Wikidata.
Music
Sajjad Hussain composed three songs and Mohammed Shafi Nagri Niyazi the remaining six, with lyrics by Khumar Barabankvi.
Notes
- The opening card says the picture is dedicated to friends who had faith the makers would never finish it, with the last phrase delayed on screen.
- Balraj Sahni, playing the jailor, wrote in his autobiography that he needed police permission to leave jail and shoot, and that he carried inmates' shopping lists to the studio.
- Parikshit Sahni debuted as the child Kishore, billed as Junior Balraj, and took no fee. The same year he played the child Dilip Kumar again in Deedar.
- Jeevan plays Paul, Yakub plays Nand, and Murad plays Thakur Ajit Singh.
Influenced by
- Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Hulchul 1951.webm)
