Kisan Kanya

Kisan Kanya
Kisan Kanya
Directed byMoti Gidwani
Written byand Dialogue by:
Sa'adat Hasan Manto
Screenplay bySa'adat Hasan Manto
Story byProf. M. Ziauddin
Produced byArdeshir Irani
StarringPadma Devi
Zillo
Ghulam Md
Nissar
Sayed Ahmed
Gani
CinematographyRostam Irani
Music byRam Gopal Pandey
Production
company
Imperial Films
Distributed bySupreme Film Distributors
Release date
  • January 8, 1937 (1937-01-08)
Running time
137 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Kisan Kanya is a 1937 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Moti Gidwani and produced by Ardeshir Irani under the banner of Imperial Pictures. Made using Cinecolor, the film is based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto that highlights the struggles of poor farmers.

The film is historically significant as India’s first indigenously made colour film. While V. Shantaram's Sairandhri (1933) featured scenes in colour, it was processed and printed in Germany, distinguishing Kisan Kanya as the first colour film entirely produced within India.