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]

Kokila
Directed bySarvottam Badami
Written byRamanlal Vasantlal Desai
Produced bySagar Movietone
Starring
CinematographyFaredoon Irani
Music byAnil Biswas
Production
company
Sagar Movietone
Distributed bySupreme Film Distributors, Bombay
Release date
  • 30 October 1937 (1937-10-30)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Cast

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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
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. 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.
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