1857 is a 1946 Indian Bollywood film. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1946. The film was directed by Mohan Sinha for Murari Pictures. The story was by M. Zahur with screenplay and dialogue by Safdar 'Ah'. The film starred the singer-actor pair of Surendra and Suraiya, along with Wasti, Nigar, Munshi Khanjar, Madan Puri.
1857 was a historical fiction drama set against the backdrop of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 also known as the First war of independence.
Cast
Male
Surendra as Aslam
Wasti as Navab Aghashouqat
Benjamin as Jawahir Singh
Shakir as Nawab Khurshid Mirza
Shyam Sunder as Manzoor
Ganju as Bahadur Shah
Y. N. Joshi as Dileep
Madanpuri as Prince Mirza Mughal
Munshikhanjar as father of Manzoor
Female
Suraiya as Tasnim
Menka as Begum
Nigar as mother of Manzoor
Lila as sister of Manzoor
Laxmi as Queen of Jhanshi
Dances
Kundanlal
Soundtrack
The music composer was Sajjad Hussain and the lyricists were Anuum Pilibhiti, Pandit Ankur, Shewan Rizvi, and Y.N.Joshi. The singers were Suraiya, Surendra, Shamshad Begum, Khan Mastana and Rajkumari.