Film posters from 1940
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8 Punjabi films from 1940
(1 Bombay,
5 Calcutta and 3 Lahore made films)
(Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi double version - Made in Bombay)
Director: Mehboob Khan
Music: Anil Biswas
Actors: Surendra Nath, Sardar Akhtar, Ghulam Mohammad, Wahidan Bai, Shetty, Jagidsh Kupal, Mohan Amritsari, Ishrat Jan, Ameer Bano, Anil Biswas
(Punjabi - Made in Calcutta)
Director: Raj Hans
Music: Dhomi Khan
Actors: Gul Zaman, Pushpa Rani, Nazeer Begum, Sundar Das, Haidar Bandi, A.R. Kabuli
Friday, 12 April 1940
(Punjabi - Made in Calcutta)
Director: Prafulla Roy, K. Sharma
Music: Brijlal Verma
Actors: Mukhtar Begum, Master Nissar, Fida Hussain, Ranjit Kumari, Husn Bano, Shanti Devi, R.P. Kapoor, Faqir Mohammad, Abdulla Kabuli
Friday, 26 April 1940
(Punjabi - Made in Lahore)
Director: Roop K. Shorey
Music: Pandit Govind Ram
Actors: Ragni, M.D. Kanwar, Satish Batra, Majnu, Zahoor Shah, Thakur Himmat Singh, Baldev Mehta, Mala, Om Prakash, Madan Piddi, Bany Zarina, Jamoora, Baby Rani, Zubeida, Nafees Begum, Prem, Mehmood Khan, Jan Ganja, Rashida BegumRaj
Sunday, 22 May 1940
(Punjabi - Made in Lahore)
Director: Moti B. Gidwani
Music: Master Ghulam Haider
Actors: Anjna, Pran, Noorjahan, M. Ismael, Ajmal, S. Paul, Durga Mota, Shayama, Dev Dutt, Shah, Manjula, Kuldip, Luddan
Friday, 9 August 1940
(Punjabi - Made in Lahore)
Director: Roop K. Sohrey, Roshan Lal Shorey
Music: Pandat Govind Ram
Actors: Manika, Mubarak Ali Khan, Radha Rani, Baig, Zahoor Shah, Manorma, Majnu, Nafees Begum, Mehmood, Hukam Singh, Mala, Mehmood Khan, Dilawar Shah, Lal Kumari, K- Ramesh, Gokul Chand, Ranjodh, Jan Ganja, Jiwan Kapoor, Jalal
Friday, 27 September 1940
(Punjabi - Made in Calcutta)
Director: B.S. Rajhans
Music: Master Dhumi Khan Rampuri
Actors: Gul Zaman, Pushpa Rani, Khurshid, Nazir Begum, Dar Kashmiri, Abdur Rehman Kashmiri, Abdullah Kabuli, Willait Begum, Alqab, Sundar Singh
Friday, 1 November 1940
(Punjabi - Made in Calcutta)
Director: Dharamvir Singh
Music: Shyam Sunder
Actors: Pushpa Rani, P.N. Bali, Badsha, Ranjit Kumari, Abdulla Kabuli, A.R. Kashmiri, Sunder Singh, Amina, Moti, Nizamuddin, Bekal Amritsari, Afzal, Shafi, Alkanda
Friday, 27 December 1940
(Punjabi - Made in Calcutta)
Director: K.D. Mehra
Music: Dhumi Khan
Actors: Hira Lal, Prem Kumari, Madhavi, Ganpat Premi, Haider Bandi, Dar Kashmiri, A.R. Kashmiri, S. Tufail, Amar Devi, Nisar Ahmad, Alakananda, Ranjit Kumari
3 Lahore made films from 1940
(0 Silent, 0 Hindi/Urdu and 3 Punjabi films)
| 1. | (Punjabi - 1940)Director: Roop K. Shorey
Actors: Ragni, M.D. Kanwar, Satish Batra, Majnu, Zahoor Shah, Thakur Himmat Singh, Baldev Mehta, Mala, Om Prakash, Madan Piddi, Bany Zarina, Jamoora, Baby Rani, Zubeida, Nafees Begum, Prem, Mehmood Khan, Jan Ganja, Rashida BegumRaj |
| 2. | (Punjabi - 1940)Director: Roop K. Sohrey, Roshan Lal Shorey
Actors: Manika, Mubarak Ali Khan, Radha Rani, Baig, Zahoor Shah, Manorma, Majnu, Nafees Begum, Mehmood, Hukam Singh, Mala, Mehmood Khan, Dilawar Shah, Lal Kumari, K- Ramesh, Gokul Chand, Ranjodh, Jan Ganja, Jiwan Kapoor, Jalal |
| 3. | (Punjabi - 1940)Director: Moti B. Gidwani
Actors: Anjna, Pran, Noorjahan, M. Ismael, Ajmal, S. Paul, Durga Mota, Shayama, Dev Dutt, Shah, Manjula, Kuldip, Luddan |
1 Muslim stories films from 1940
(0 Silent, 1 Hindi/Urdu and 0 Punjabi films)
(1 Bombay, 0 Calcutta and 0 Lahore films)
| 1. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: Rustam Movie
Actors: Leela Chitnis, K. Pawar, Mohammad Ishaq, Ghulam Mohammad, Feroz Dastoor, Mainika, Meera, Mehboob, Abubakar |
4 Folk stories films from 1940
(0 Silent, 2 Hindi/Urdu and 3 Punjabi films)
(2 Bombay, 1 Calcutta and 1 Lahore films)
| 1. | (Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi double version - 1940)Director: Mehboob Khan
Actors: Surendra Nath, Sardar Akhtar, Ghulam Mohammad, Wahidan Bai, Shetty, Jagidsh Kupal, Mohan Amritsari, Ishrat Jan, Ameer Bano, Anil Biswas |
| 2. | (Punjabi - 1940)Director: Roop K. Shorey
Actors: Ragni, M.D. Kanwar, Satish Batra, Majnu, Zahoor Shah, Thakur Himmat Singh, Baldev Mehta, Mala, Om Prakash, Madan Piddi, Bany Zarina, Jamoora, Baby Rani, Zubeida, Nafees Begum, Prem, Mehmood Khan, Jan Ganja, Rashida BegumRaj |
| 3. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: Nano Bhai Wakeel
Actors: Anod Rani, Anil Kumar, Sarojni, Bibi |
| 4. | (Punjabi - 1940)Director: Dharamvir Singh
Actors: Pushpa Rani, P.N. Bali, Badsha, Ranjit Kumari, Abdulla Kabuli, A.R. Kashmiri, Sunder Singh, Amina, Moti, Nizamuddin, Bekal Amritsari, Afzal, Shafi, Alkanda |
8 hit films from 1940
(0 Silent, 6 Hindi/Urdu and 2 Punjabi films)
(4 Bombay, 2 Calcutta and 2 Lahore films)
| 1. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: Chando Lal Shah
Actors: Gohar, Moti Lal, Vasanti, Mazhar Khan, Yaqoob, Sitara, Raj Kumari, Tarlok Kapoor |
| 2. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: N.R. Acharya
Actors: Leela Chintis, Ashok Kumar, Suresh, Arun Kumar, Shah Nawaz, Petha Wala |
| 3. | (Punjabi - 1940)Director: Roop K. Shorey
Actors: Ragni, M.D. Kanwar, Satish Batra, Majnu, Zahoor Shah, Thakur Himmat Singh, Baldev Mehta, Mala, Om Prakash, Madan Piddi, Bany Zarina, Jamoora, Baby Rani, Zubeida, Nafees Begum, Prem, Mehmood Khan, Jan Ganja, Rashida BegumRaj |
| 4. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: Debaki Bose
Actors: Leela Desai, Najmul Hussain, Jagdish Sethi, Wasti, Sethi, R.P, Kooper, Nand Kishor, Panna Kapoor |
| 5. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: A.R. Kardar
Actors: Madhuri, Prithviraj Kapoor, Khatoon, Sanalni, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Sitara, Yaqoob, Tarlok Kapoor |
| 6. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: Najam Naqvi
Actors: Sinha Parbhadhan, Kishor Sahu, Shah Nawaz, Mumtaz Ali, Patha Wala, Mumtaz Begum, Injli Devi |
| 7. | (Punjabi - 1940)Director: Moti B. Gidwani
Actors: Anjna, Pran, Noorjahan, M. Ismael, Ajmal, S. Paul, Durga Mota, Shayama, Dev Dutt, Shah, Manjula, Kuldip, Luddan |
| 8. | (Hindi/Urdu - 1940)Director: P.C. Barua
Actors: Kundan Lal Saigal, Jumna, Pahari, Sanial, Asha Lata, Sitara, Munawar Bano, Manorma, Bukram Kapoor |
99 released films in 1940
(0 Silent,
91 Hindi/Urdu and
9 Punjabi films)
(86 Bombay,
10 Calcutta and 3 Lahore made films)
(An alphabetically list)
| 4. | Abla (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 9. | Akela (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 13. | Andhi (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 17. | Aurat (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 18. | Azad (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 38. | Geeta (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 44. | Hewan (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 47. | Holi (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 60. | Laxmi (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 70. | Pagal (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 72. | Pooja (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 75. | Pyar (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 76. | Qaidi (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 89. | Suhag (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
| 95. | Waada (Hindi/Urdu - 1940) |
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Debuted artists in 1940
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Artists born in 1940
An alphabetically list of all born artists in 1940
Ali Hossain
Ghulam Ali
Irene Parveen
Munawar Zarif
Musarrat Nazir
Mustafa Qureshi
Neelo
Masood
Najam Naqvi
Pran
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