Holi (1940 film)
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| Directed by | A. R. Kardar |
| Written by | M. Sadiq |
| Produced by | Chandulal Shah |
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| Cinematography | Krishna Gopal |
| Music by | Khemchand Prakash |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Holi (Festival Of Colour) is a 1940 Hindi/Urdu social drama film directed by A. R. Kardar. Holi was produced by Ranjit Movietone and had music composed by Khemchand Prakash with lyrics by D. N. Madhok. It had Khursheed and Motilal starring in the lead with Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Keshavrao Date, Dixit, Ghory and Manohar Kapoor.
With two love stories as a format, the film pits the rich against the poor, in the shape of two pairs of lovers; a poor-girl-rich-boy, and a rich-boy-poor-girl. The film showed Motilal as a villain who reforms through the love of Kokila, played by Khursheed.