Lagan_(1941_film)
Lagan (1941 film)
1941 Indian film
Lagan is a 1941 Indian Hindi language film. It was the fifth highest grossing Indian film of 1941.[1] The film was directed by Nitin Bose for New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta.[2] The film was a bilingual with K. L. Saigal and Kanan Devi acting as the lead in its Bengali language version, Parichaya. The music for both versions was by R. C. Boral.[3] This was the last film Saigal did for New Theatres, Calcutta, before his move to Bombay to make films for different studios there.[4]
The film was a romantic triangle involving a poet, his beloved, and her wealthy husband. A theme, which was later followed by Guru Dutt, for his film, Pyaasa (1956).[4]