Sangram
About Sangram
Policeman Thakur Narendra Singh spoils his motherless son Kunwar, who once fires his father's pistol at a friend. Grown, Kunwar (Ashok Kumar) runs a casino behind a hotel front in the city and meets his childhood friend Kanta (Nalini Jaywant). An old partner blackmails him. After a train fight, a prison break, and a shooting, Kunwar's own father kills him.
Cast & crew
More about Sangram
Gyan Mukherjee directed it at Bombay Talkies. Vrajendra Gaur wrote the dialogue. C. Ramchandra set six songs, with lyrics by Pyare Lal Santoshi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, and Vrajendra Gaur.
Themes
Background
A 1950 Hindi crime drama from Bombay Talkies, built on a policeman father and a criminal son.
Making
Josef Wirsching photographed it in black and white at the Malad studio. The songs include 'Ulfat Ke Jadu Ka Dil Mein Asar Hai' by Lata Mangeshkar and C. Ramchandra.
Audiences
It was ranked the sixth-highest-earning Indian film of 1950.
Look
Josef Wirsching shot it in black and white at Bombay Talkies, Malad.
Music
C. Ramchandra composed the songs. Lata Mangeshkar, Shamshad Begum, and Ramchandra himself are among the singers.
Notes
- Shashi Kapoor plays Kunwar as a boy, and Tabassum plays the young Kanta.
- Ramayan Tiwari plays the blackmailer Pyarelal.
- One listed song, 'Nazar Se Nazar Jo Milaayi Gayi Hai,' sung by Lata Mangeshkar, was left out of the film.
- Ashok Kumar plays the criminal son rather than the policeman father.
Scenes
- The boy Kunwar fires his father's pistol.
- A fight on a moving train throws the gangster off.
- The father shoots Kunwar when the son threatens Kanta with an empty gun.