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Pratap A. Rana, also known as Rana Pratap Singh, was a Bollywood writer and producer. He produced three films, Parwana (1947 film) (along with producer, R.B. Haldia), and Vidya (1948) and Jeet (1949) as writer-producer, the latter two starring Suraiya and Dev Anand. He was the son-in-law of the writer-director, Mohan Sinha and father of actress, Vidya Sinha. Earlier, he was in the Azad Hind Fauz ( also known as I.N. A. or the Indian National Army) of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.
Parwana (1947) was the last film of the then superstar actor singer Kundan Lal Sehgal, and had the later to be superstar actress singer, Suraiya as the heroine. Rana's other two films, Vidya (1948) and Jeet (1949) are also very notable films and are watched keenly to this day. All the films are available on You Tube. Superstars of yesteryears, Suraiya and Dev Anand acted in both the films. The two acted in seven films together. During the filming of the song, 'Kinare kinare chale jayenge' of the film Vidya, the boat in which they were sitting capsized, but thankfully Dev Anand saved Suraiya from drowning. This started their famous romance. The film, 'Vidya' marked the start of the appearances of the two in films together. 'Jeet' was released in 1949, and it was the film in which Dev Anand proposed to Suraiya and gave her a ring worth rupees three thousand. Pratap A. Rana attended Suraiya's last rites on 31 January 2004.
The names of Pratap Rana's wives were Vidya and Jeet. They both died before 1950. His two films were named after his wives. In the two films, 'Vidya' and 'Jeet', the heroines, played by Suraiya were called 'Vidya' and 'Jeet' respectively.