Aandhiyan (1952 film)

For 1990 Hindi film, see Aandhiyan.

Aandhiyan
Directed by	Chetan Anand
Produced by	Navketan Films
Screenplay by	Chetan Anand
Story by	Chetan Anand Hameed Butt
Starring	Dev Anand Nimmi Kalpana Kartik
Music by	Ali Akbar Khan Narendra Sharma (lyrics)
Cinematography	Jal Mistry
Edited by	M. D. Jadhav
Release dates	1952
Running time	96 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Aandhiyan (English title: Cruel Winds) is a 1952 Hindi drama film written and directed by Chetan Anand. The story was written by Chetan Anand and Hameed Butt based on an actual event in Amritsar. It starred Dev Anand, Nimmi and Kalpana Kartik in lead roles. Music of the film was given classical musician, Ali Akbar Khan with lyrics by Narendra Sharma.

Jaidev who was a student of Khan from Lucknow, and later became a noted music director, started his career by assisting Khan in film music. The background score of the film was also done by Ali Akbar Khan along with other Hindustani classical musicians Pandit Ravi Shankar and Pannalal Ghosh. Lata Mangeshkar sang the title song, "Har Kahin Pe Shaadmani" and as a token of her respect to sarod maestro, did not charge any fee. Dances were choreographed by Lakshmi Shankar, who also sang a song, while Gopi Krishan's chorographed his own dances.

Cast

• Dev Anand as Ram Mohan
• Nimmi
• Kalpana Kartik as Janaki
• Durga Khote
• K. N. Singh as Kuber Das
• Leela Mishra
• Pratima Devi
• M. A. Latif
• Johnny Walker

Soundtrack

All lyrics written by Narendra Sharma, all music composed by Ali Akbar Khan .

Aandhiyan
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Woh Chand Nahin Hai Dil Hai"	Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhosle	3:19
2.	"Dil Ka Khazana Khol Diya"	Asha Bhosle	3:10
3.	"Hai Kahin Par Shaadmani"	Lata Mangeshkar	03:11
4.	"Main Mubarakbaad Dene Aai Hoon"	Surinder Kaur	03:10

External links

External video
Aandhiyan - Part 1 of 9, Shemaroo Movies Official channel

• Aandhiyan at IMDb
• Aandhiyan at Bollywood Hungama

• Film opening credits, 2:08.
• Film opening credits, 1:33, 1:59, 2:03.