Hulchul

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Trivia

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• This film was an adaptation of the novel "Wuthering Heights" (1847) written by Emily Bronte. This was one of the three times Dilip Kumar played Heathcliff-like characters, the other two being "Arzoo" (1950) and "Dil Diya Dard Liya" (1966).[1][2]
• Sajjad Hussain left the film midway after composing only three songs due to a financial dispute with the film's producers. Mohammed Shafi was brought on board to compose the remaining songs.
• The film opened with a self-deprecatory message from its makers - "Respectfully and affectionately this picture is dedicated to those dear friends, comrades and well-wishers who had implicit faith in us... never to complete this picture". The phrase "never to complete this picture" appeared on the screen after a delay following the rest of the message was displayed.
• Producer K. Asif took Balraj Sahni to Bombay's Arthur Road jail to help him prepare for his role as a jailor in this film. The jailor there showed Sahni around the jail to show him how the prisoners lived. As fate would have it, the actor was arrested shortly after while participating in a Communist Party procession. After spending two months in Bareilly Jail, he was shifted to the same Arthur Road jail he had visited with Asif! Sahni was lodged in this jail while this film was being shot and Asif had to get the police's permission to allow the actor to visit the studio to shoot his scenes.[MR69]
• Prikshat Sahni debuted as a child artist in this film. He played the child version of Dilip Kumar's character in it and was credited as Junior Balraj after his father Balraj Sahni. The senior Sahni permitted his son to act in the film on the condition that he would not accept any fee for it. Parikshat acted in one more film as a child artist, "Deedar" (1951), before resuming his focus on education. Interestingly, he played the younger version of Dilip Kumar in "Deedar" (1951) as well. His first film as an adult was "Anokhi Raat" (1968).[3][4][MR69]

Song

• Dance Music - While Sitara Devi was a well-known Kathak dancer, she performed a ballet dance to this musical theme in the film.

1. ^ Arzoo (1950)
2. ^ Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966)
3. ^ Deedar (1951)
4. ^ Anokhi Raat (1968)