Punjab Mail (film)

Punjab Mail (Hindi: पंजाब मेल) is 1939 action adventure Hindi film directed by Homi Wadia for Wadia Movietone.[1] The score was provided by Madhavlal Damodar Master,[2] and stars Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Sayani Atish, Sardar Mansoor, Boman Shroff and Sarita Devi.[3] The film once again had Nadia playing the avenging female with mask and whip astride a horse dispensing justice and beating up the villains.

Punjab Mail
Directed byHomi Wadia
Produced byWadia Movietone
Written byJBH Wadia
Screenplay byHomi Wadia
Story byJBH Wadia
StarringFearless Nadia
John Cawas
Boman Shroff
Sardar Mansoor
Music byMadhavlal Damodar Master
Production
company
Wadia Movietone
Distributed byWadia Movietone
Release date
1939
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Cast
  • Fearless Nadia
  • John Cawas
  • Sayani Atish
  • Sarita Devi
  • Boman Shroff
  • Sardar Mansoor
  • Master Chhotu
  • Shahzadi
  • Nazira
  • Master Mohammed

Production

The Wadia brother films normally starred Boman Shroff in the Douglas Fairbanks Sr. style roles, but with Punjab Mail Boman Shroff was replaced by John Cawas as a leading man though Shroff continued to act in character roles for them.[4] The action films Nadia starred in like Hunterwali (1935), Miss Frontier Mail (1936) and Punjab Mail (1939) had patriotic implications and showed her fighting against persecution and prejudice with all the films turning out to be box-office successes.[5] The train "metaphor" likening the female protagonist to a speedy train and its "thrilling settings" was continually used in the Wadia Brothers films with titles like Toofan Mail (1932), Miss Frontier Mail (1936), Toofan Express (1938) and Punjab Mail` (1939).[6]

Music

The music was directed by Madhavlal Damodar Master, with lyrics written by Pandit Gyan Chandra. The singers were Sarita Devi, Sardar Mansoor and Master Mohammed.[7]

Song List
#TitleSinger
1 "Chale Mori Naiya Nadi Kinare Prem Duare" Sarita Devi, Sardar Mansoor
2 "Is Khaadi Mein Desh Azaadi" Sarita Devi, Master Mohammed
3 "Joban Barse Jiya Mora Tarse" Sardar Mansoor
4 "Qaid Mein Aaye Nand Dulare" Sarita Devi, Sardar Mansoor
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References
  1. Gulazāra, Nihalani, Chatterjee, Govind, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema - Nadia. India: Popular Prakashan. p. 595. ISBN 9788179910665. Retrieved 12 September 2014.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Punjab Mail 1939". Gomolo.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. "Punjab Mail 1939". Alan Goble. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. Rajadhyaksha, Willemen, Ashish, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (2, revised ed.). Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 9781135943189. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  5. Chowdhry, Prem (2000). Colonial India and the Making of Empire Cinema: Image, Ideology and Identity. UK: Manchester University Press. p. 98. ISBN 9780719057250. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  6. Hurd II, Kerr, John, Ian J. (2012). India's Railway History: A Research Handbook Handbook of Oriental Studies. BRILL. p. 132. ISBN 9789004230033. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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