Meri Bahen
| Meri Bahen | |
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| Directed by | Hemchander Chunder |
| Written by | Binoy Chatterjee |
| Produced by | New Theatres |
| Starring | K. L. Saigal Sumitra Devi Akhtar Jehan Chandravati Madan Puri |
| Music by | Pankaj Mullick |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Meri Bahen (also called My Sister) is a 1944 Hindi language film. It was the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of 1944. Produced by New Theatres, Ltd. Calcutta, and directed by Hemchander Chunder. It starred K. L. Saigal, Sumitra Devi, Akhtar Jehan, Chandrabati Devi, Nawab, and Tulsi Chakraborty. The music direction was by Pankaj Mullick with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan.
The film is cited as Saigal's best film at New Theatres technically. Set against the backdrop of World War II in Calcutta, it was the story of a schoolteacher and his young sister. The film followed his rise to fame as a singer and the changes in his relationships following a bomb-raid.