Maa

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Trivia

Album

• This film and "Tamasha" (1952) were the last two productions of the Bombay Talkies banner. They acquired the rights of "Shamsheer" (1953) and released it the next year but did not produce it.[1][2]
• This film marked Bimal Roy's shift to Bombay. All his previous films were produced by New Theatres, Calcutta. His last Hindi film produced by New Theatres was "Pahela Admi" (1950). Roy launched his own banner the next year and produced "Do Bigha Zamin" (1953).[3][4]
• Based on the film's opening credits, it appears that Nabendu Ghosh wrote the film's dialogues in Bengali. Nazir Hussain and Asit Sen, who also acted in the film, translated them into Hindi.
• It appears that the film's plot was adapted for the Hindi film "Khandaan" (1979). Nabendu Ghosh, who wrote the dialogues for this film, was credited for the screenplay of "Khandaan" (1979).[5]
• This was actress Asha Parekh's first Hindi film. She made a brief, uncredited appearance in it as a child artist. Bimal Roy had spotted her at her school's annual day function and offered her Rs. 100 for this film. Asha Parekh was just 10 years old at the time.[6]

Song

• Jiyo Jiyo Mere Lal - Comedian Mehmood made an uncredited cameo appearance in the film for this song.

1. ^ Tamasha (1952)
2. ^ Shamsheer (1953)
3. ^ Pahela Admi (1950)
4. ^ Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
5. ^ Khandaan (1979)
6. ^ When Asha Parekh Was Dropped From Her Debut Film Because She Was Not A 'Star Material'