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Suhaag Raat ((Hindi for "Wedding Night) also called Sohag Raat, is a 1948 Hindi film of Indian cinema directed by Kidar Sharma. [1] A romantic drama, it was the third film produced by Oriental Pictures [2] and the first film to be distributed by the newly-founded company Varma Films. [3]
It was also in the year 1948 that Munshiram, together with his five brothers, founded Varma Films and Suhaag Raat was the first film to be distributed by Varma Films. [9] It was a great way for Munshiram to begin his career in the film industry because Suhaag Raat was a box-office hit; it was the seventh highest-grossing film of 1948. [10]
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1948: ... 1948 Rank: Title: Notes: 1. Shaheed: ... Suhaag Raat a.k.a. Sohag Raat: Kidar ...
Suhaag Raat was a box-office hit; it was the seventh highest-grossing film of 1948. [33] Much of the film’s success was attributed to Geeta Bali’s breakthrough performance in the film. [34] Given how well Suhaag Raat did at the box-office, Varma Films and Oriental Pictures collaborated on two more films: Thes (1949) and Neki Aur Badi (1949).
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1948 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
Suhaag Raat was the seventh highest-grossing film of 1948 [20] and Patanga was the seventh highest-grossing film of 1949. [ 21 ] In the next several years that followed these box-office hits, Bhagwan Das and his brothers produced and/or distributed the following films: Thes (1949), Neki Aur Badi (1949), Sagai (1951), Badal (1951), Parbat (1952 ...
Kidar Nath Sharma, also Kedar Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and Lyricist of Hindi films. [1] While he had great success as a director of movies including Neel Kamal (1947), Bawre Nain (1950) and Jogan (1950), he is most remembered for starting the acting careers of popular Bollywood actors like Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Raj Kapoor ...
Baali started her film career as a child actress, at the age of 12, with the film The Cobbler (1942). She made her debut as a lead actress in Badnaami (1946). Bali went onto act in over 75 films. [8] Sohag Raat (1948) and Badi Bahen (1949) were her early success. [9] [10] [11] Bali became a star in the 1950s.