Bari Behen
बड़ी बहन
Theatrical Poster
Directed byD. D. Kashyap
Written byRajendra Krishan
Qamar Jalalabadi
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Screenplay byD. D. Kashyap
Produced byD. D. Kashyap
StarringSuraiya
Rehman
Ullhas
Geeta Bali
Pran
CinematographySurendra Pai
Edited byAnant Apte
Music byHusnlal Bhagatram
Lyrics by
Rajendra Krishan
Qamar Jalalabadi
Distributed byFamous Pictures Ltd.
Release date
8 April 1949
Running time
118 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Bari Behen is a 1949 Hindi drama film directed, written and produced by D. D. Kashyap, starring Suraiya, Rehman, Ullhas and Pran.[1][2] The film was remade in Sinhalese as Sujatha (1953).[3]

Plot

Shyama (Suraiya) gets a job as a servant so she can pay for her younger sister, Kiran's (Geeta Bali) education in the city. Kiran, though, is in love with a rogue, Ajit (Pran). Ajit makes Kiran splurge all the money Shyama sends her on them. Meanwhile, Shyama meets and falls in love with Shyam (Rehman), the son of the family she works for and who is a doctor who wants to treat the poor. With both of being ill-treated by the woman of the house, who is Shyam's step-mother, they decide to elope. However, Kiran comes to her, abandoned and pregnant. Shyama goes along with her without informing Shyam in order to find Ajit. They find Ajit, but he escapes from them. The two sisters then relocate to another town. Kiran has the child, Shyama works in another house, where in order to get Kiran settled with the young man of the house and to prove her to be without blemish, she takes it upon herself to claim to be the mother of the child. This causes further complications with Shyam, who has managed to trace her out and now believes that she has been unfaithful to him. Wallowing in grief, he falls ill. Finally, with the help of a kindly army colonel, also Ajit's uncle (Ulhas), all's well that ends well, with a repentant Ajit marrying Kiran and Shyama reunited with Shyam.

Cast

Soundtrack

Bari Behen
Studio album by
Husnlal Bhagatram
Released
  • 1 December 1949 (1949-12-01)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelEMI, Saregama

Music composed by Husnlal Bhagatram and lyrics by Rajendra Krishan & Qamar Jalalabadi.[2][1][3]

Original Motion Picture
Track Song Singer(s) Lyric
1 "Ho Likhnewale Ne Likh Di"[2][3] Suraiya Rajinder Krishna
2 "Bigdi Bananewale:[3] Suraiya Qamar Jalalabadi
3 "Chup Chup Khade Ho, Zaroor Koi Baat Hai" Lata Mangeshkar & Premlata—compare both voices Rajindera Krishan
4 "Woh Paas Rahe Ya Door Rahe"[2][3] Suraiya Qamar Jalalabadi
5 "Mohabbat Ke Dhoke Mein Koi Na Aaei" Mohd. Rafi Rajinder Krishan
6 "Jo Dil Mein Khushi Ban Kar Aai" Lata Mangeshkar on the 78rpm record, but Premlata on movie track Rajinder Krishna
7 "Chale Jana Nahin"[2] Lata Mangeshkar on 78rpm record but Premlata on movie track Rajinder Krishan
8 "Tum Mujh Ko Bhool Jao" Suraiya Qamar Jalalabadi

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 NFAI adds Suraiya's 1949 film Bari Behen to collection Times of India (newspaper), Published 26 February 2017, Retrieved 23 May 2020
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Bari Behen (1949) - Cast, crew and film review". Upperstall.com website. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Karan Bali. "Bari Behen film review". Upperstall.com website. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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