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Films Cited
- Bedari. Dir. Rafiq Rizvi. Music, Fateh Ali Khan. Lyrics, Saleem Raza and Munawwar Sultana. Produced by Wazir Ali Rizvi. 1957. Film.
- Boot Polish. Dir. Prakash Arora. Produced Raj Kapoor. Perf. Ratan Kumar. 1953. Film.
- Do Bigha Zameen. Dir. Bimal Roy. Produced. Bimal Roy. Perf. Ratan Kumar. 1953. Film.
- Jagriti. Dir. Satyen Bose. Music, Hemant Kumar. Lyrics, Kavi Pradeep. Filmistan. 1954. Film.
- Kismet. Dir. Gyan Mukherjee. Music, Anil Biswas. Lyrics, Kavi Pradeep. Bombay Talkies. 1943. Film.
- Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Dir. Rajkumar Hirani. Music, Shantanu Moitra. Lyrics, Swanand Kirkire. Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions. 2006. Film.