Ziddi (1948 film)

Ziddi (transl. Stubborn) is a 1948 Bollywood film directed by Shaheed Latif. It was based on a story written by Ismat Chughtai. The film helped establish actors Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal and Pran in Hindi films.

Ziddi
Directed by	Shaheed Latif
Written by	Ismat Chughtai
Produced by	Bombay Talkies
Starring	Dev Anand Kamini Kaushal Pran
Cinematography	Josef Wirsching
Music by	Khemchand Prakash
Release date	1948 (1948)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The playback singers Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar recorded their first duet "Yeh Kaun Aaya Re" together in Ziddi. Apparently Kishore Kumar also had a role of Gardener in the movie. Also a famous incident took place which was in a scene Kishore Kumar had to taunt Dev Anand but in the scene when first shooted , he cussed at him and Ashok Kumar was shocked to see what had happened ^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Dev Anand as Puran^[4]
• Kamini Kaushal as Asha^[4]
• Pran^[4]
• Nawab
• Kuldeep Kaur as Shanta^[4]
• Chandabai

Music

Ziddi
Soundtrack album by Khemchand Prakash
Released	1948
Genre	Feature film soundtrack Indian classical music

The music of the film was composed by Khemchand Prakash.^[4]

The soundtrack featured the first film song sung by singer Kishore Kumar, "Marne Ki Duaen Kyon Mangun",^[4] a solo picturised on Dev Anand. The film also included Lata Mangeshkar's solo, "Chanda Re Ja Re Ja, Piya Se Sandesa Mora Kahiyo Ja", picturised on Kamini Kaushal.^[4]

Song	Singer
"Marne Ki Duaen Kyon Maangun"[4]	Kishore Kumar
"Yeh Kaun Aaya Re, Karke Yeh Sola Singar"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
"Ab Kaun Sahara Hai"[4]	Lata Mangeshkar
"Chanda Re, Ja Re Ja"[4]	Lata Mangeshkar
"Rooth Gaye More Shyam"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Zindagi Ka Aasra Samjhe"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Jadu Kar Gaye Kisike Naina"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Ek Baat Kahun Tumse"	Shamshad Begum
"Chali Pi Ko Milan Ban Than Ke"[4]	Shamshad Begum