Posti (film)
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Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama Country India | Director Krishna Dev Mehra Music director Sardul Singh Kwatra Cast Shyama, Majnu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Punjabi The songs were written by Manohar Singh Sehrai Release date 1950 Genres Comedy, Drama, Adventure Film, Family film, Musical, Musical comedy, Musical Drama Similar movies Shyama appears in Posti and Kaude Shah, Do Lachhian (1960), Lachhi (1949), Mera Punjab (1940), Mere Sajna (1975) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posti (Punjabi: ਪੋਸਤੀ) is a 1950 Punjabi film and the first production of Kwatra Production (of Sardul Singh Kwatra and Harcharan Singh Kwatra), directed by K.D. Mehra (Krishan Dev Mehra), starring Majnu and Shyama in lead roles. Shyama was the principal female actress of this movie It did very well at the box office and was a hit not only in the East Punjab Circuit, but also in the Delhi area. A noted playback singer, Asha Bhosle, made her debut with the film.
Music
The music, composed by Sardul Singh Kwatra, played a major role in the film's success. Sardul modified the folk tunes of Punjab and the songs were hits. Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi, Shamshad Begum, Rajkumari and Jagjit Kaur were the playback singers. Rajkumari first sang for a Punjabi Kurhmai in 1941, but in the film Posti her songs became real hits. Popular Songs of the film include do guttan kar merian by Asha Bhosle, kajjle di paanian dhaar by Rajkumari and a duet ja bhaira posti by Mohd. Rafi and Shamshad Begum were hits.
References
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