Son of India (1962 film)

Son of India
Son of India
Soundtrack album by Naushad
Released	31 December 1962
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Sa Re Ga Ma
Naushad chronology

Son of India
Son of India
	Film poster
Directed by	Mehboob Khan
Written by	Mehboob Khan
Produced by	Mehboob Khan
Starring	Kamaljit; Simi Garewal; Sajid Khan; Kumkum; Jayant
Music by	Naushad
Release date	1962
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹1.2 crore

Son of India is a Bollywood film released in 1962. This film was written and directed by Mehboob Khan, starring Sajid Khan, Kamaljit, Simi Garewal, Jayant and Kumkum. The music was composed by Naushad and with Shakeel Badayuni as the lyricist. It was a spiritual successor to Mehboob Khan's previous film, Mother India (1957).

This movie's soundtrack consisted of some iconic Bollywood songs including the popular patriotic song titled "Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon Desh Ka Sipahi Hoon".^[2]^[3] The film was a box office bomb.^[1]

Cast[]

Sajid Khan
Kamaljit as Kishore
Simi Garewal as Lalita
Kumkum as Kamla
Jayant as Jung 'JB' Bahadur
Ruby Mayers as Paro
Kanhaiyalal as Paro's father
Tun Tun as Gopal's foster mother
Durga Khote as Head Nun
Murad as Judge
Mukri
Bakhtawar Singh
Kumar
Lilian

Box office[]

With a net collection of ₹60 lakh and a total gross of ₹1.2 crore, the film was declared a "Flop" by Box Office India.^[1]

Soundtrack[]

The soundtrack for the movie was composed by Naushad and lyrics penned by Shakeel Badayuni. The soundtrack consists of 9 songs, featuring vocals by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt and Shanthi Mathur.

All lyrics are written by Shakeel Badayuni; all music is composed by Naushad.

Songs
No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Aaj Chhedo Mohabbat Ki"	Lata Mangeshkar	3:57
2.	"Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar"	Shanti Mathur	3:58
3.	"Chal Diye Peeke Gham"	Lata Mangeshkar	3:05
4.	"Dil Todne Wale"	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi	4:28
5.	"Diya Na Bujhe Ri Aaj"	Lata Mangeshkar, Chorus	3:14
6.	"Insan Tha Pehle Bandar"	Shanti Mathur	2:47
7.	"Mujhe Huzoor Tum Se"	Geeta Dutt	2:18
8.	"Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon"	Shanti Mathur, Chorus	4:13
9.	"Zindagi Aaj Mere Naam"	Mohammed Rafi	3:48

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Wayback Machine". 17 August 2017. Cite uses generic title (help)^{[dead link]}
^ "From Son of India to Make in India: Why the country is failing the manufacturing race still". Firstpost. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ Saxena, Shobhan (24 January 2010). "15 days of fame, then what?". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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[archive.org-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Wayback Machine". 17 August 2017. Cite uses generic title (help)^{[dead link]}

[Firstpost_2015-2] "From Son of India to Make in India: Why the country is failing the manufacturing race still". Firstpost. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[Saxena_2010-3] Saxena, Shobhan (24 January 2010). "15 days of fame, then what?". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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