Kokila (1937 film)

1937 Indian film

Kokila

Directed by| Sarvottam Badami
Written by| Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai
Produced by| Sagar Movietone
Starring|

* Motilal
* Sabita Devi
* Shobhna Samarth
* Maya Bannerjee

Cinematography| Faredoon Irani
Music by| Anil Biswas

Production
company

Sagar Movietone

Distributed by| Supreme Film Distributors, Bombay

Release date

* 30 October 1937 (1937-10-30)

Country| India
Language| Hindi

Kokila (transl. Nightingale) is a 1937 Hindi social family drama film directed by Sarvottam Badami.[1] The music was composed by Anil Biswas with lyrics written by Siddiqui and Zia Sarhadi.[2] The story was adapted from the well-known novel Kokila, written by Gujarati writer Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai.[3] The film starred Motilal, Sabita Devi, Shobhna Samarth, Maya Bannerjee, Sitara Devi, Pesi Patel, Siddiqui and Kayam Ali.[4]

## Cast

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* Motilal
* Sabita Devi
* Shobhna Samarth
* Sitara Devi
* Sankata Prasad
* Maya Bannerjee
* Pesi Patel
* Kayam Ali
* Siddiqui

## Review and Box Office

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The film was not a success with Baburao Patel of Filmindia in his December 1937 editorial claiming it had "failed rather badly".[3] However, it had a large audience attendance in the first week and that according to Patel was due to Sabita Devi. The screenplay was considered a poor adaptation of the story. Patel was critical of Motilal and Siddiqui's performances while praising Maya Bannerjee and Sankatha Prasad for their efforts.[5] Shobhna Samarth had made her entry in films through Nigah-e-Nafrat (1935), but came into prominence with her roles in films like Do Diwane (1936) and Kokila.[6]

## Music

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The music was composed by Anil Biswas with lyrics by Siddiqui and Zia Sarhadi The singers were Sabita Devi, Maya Bannerjee, Anil Biswas and Dattaram Kadam.[5][7]

### Song List

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# | Title | Singer

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1  | "Auron Ka Jag Kya Hai"  | Dattaram Kadam
2  | "Din Ki Ghadiyan Roye Bitai"  | Anil Baswas
3  | "Sajan Ke Waste Main Bhon Le Jaoongi"  | Dattaram

Kadam

4  | "Sagar Gaaye parvat Gaaye, Gaaye Koyal Ban Ki"  | Anil Biswas
5  | "Nainan Ke Sain Se Bulayi Ho Shyam Mohe"  | Dattaram

Kadam

6  | "Mohe Ghar Ke Dwar Pe Laaga Jaamuniya Ka Ped"  | Anil Biswas
7  | "Jeevan Mein Sikh Paaya Humne"  | Dattaram

Kadam

## References

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1. ^ "Kokila (1937)". Gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
2. ^ "Anil Biswas Filmography-Kokila pg 7" (PDF). survey.giitaayan.com. SurveyGiitaayan.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
3. ^ a b Patel, Baburao (December 1937). "Kokila - Review". Filmindia. 3 (8): 35. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
4. ^ "Kokila 1937". Alan Goble. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
5. ^ a b Patel, p. 5
6. ^ Joshi, Lalit Mohan (21 February 2014). "Shobhana Samarth". Guardian News and Media Limited. The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
7. ^ "Kokila 1937". Muvyz, Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

## External links

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* Kokila at IMDb

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Films directed by Sarvottam Badami

* Harishchandra (1932)
* Sri Rama Paduka Pattabhishekam (1932)
* Chandrahasa (1933)
* Grihalaxmi (1934)
* Vengeance is Mine (1935)
* Dr. Madhurika (1935)
* Jeevan Lata (1936)
* Grama Kanya (1936)
* Kulvadhu (1937)
* Kokila (1937)
* Teen Sau Din Ke Baad (1938)
* Ladies Only (1939)
* Aap Ki Marzi (1939)
* Sajani (1940)
* Chingari (1940)
* Bambai Ki Sair (1941)
* Khilona (1942)
* Prarthana (1943)
* Bhagya Laxmi (1944)
* Ramayani (1945)
* Uttara Abhimanyu (1957)
* Manmani (1947)

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