Dastan (1950 film)

Dastan or Dastaan is a 1950 Bollywood drama film directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar. A box-office success, the film became the third highest earning film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 1,15,00,000 and net gross of Rs. 65,00,000 . The film starred Raj Kapoor, Suraiya, Veena, Suresh, Al Nasir, Murad, and Shakila.

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• Cast
• Soundtrack
• References

The story, a tragic melodrama, was a narrative in flashback. It was inspired from the film Enchantment (1948) directed by Irving Reis. Cited as "one of the biggest commercial hits" by Patel, Suraiya's acting was stated to have "over-shadowed" that of Raj Kapoor.

Cast

Suraiya ... Indira

Raj Kapoor ... Raj

Veena ... Rani

Suresh ... Ramesh

Al Nasir ... Kundan

Pratima Devi ... Ramesh's mom (as Protima Devi)

Murad ... Father

S.N. Banerjee ... Shambhu Dada (as Banerji)

Laxman (as Lakshman)

Surendra (as Surinder)

Shakila

Baby Anwari

Swartha

Krishna Kumar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Naushad and the lyricist was Shakeel Badayuni. The singers were Suraiya and Mohammed Rafi. Some of the notable numbers from this film included Suraiya's "Aa Ra Ri", "Yeh Mausam Aur Yeh Tanhai", "Ae Sham Tu Bata" and "Naam Tera Hai Zuban Par".