Aaina (1944)

“Aaina”(1944) was an R D Production movie. This movie was directed by S M Yusuf. The movie had Trilok Kapoor, Husn Bano, Kaushlya, Yakub, Gope etc in it.

Gulshan Soofi and Fateh Ali Khan were the two music directors of this movie.

Aaina (1974)

The review of this movie is written by Prakashchandra

“Aaina” (1974) was a production of a South Indian Production house called Kalakendra Films . It was produced by L.Durai Swamy and N.Selvaraj. K Balachandar was the director.

This movie in fact was a remake of a Tamil movie also produced by the same team.

The starcast of the movie included names such as Mumtaz, A.K.Hangal, Nirupa Roy, Manmohan Krishna, Lalita Pawar, Adil aman, Rita Bhadhuri(fresh from her Film Institute days), Jayasudha, Anjum Savera,Vandana Rane, Yasmin,Baby Seema,Kalpana, Ratan Chopra,Jagdish Raj, Polson, Brahmachari, Madhukar, Suraj, Master Paresh Kumar, Madan Puri, Rajesh Khanna( In special appearance), Jagdeep, Suresh chatwal, Prem kumar, Master Jagannath etc etc.

The story of this movie revolves around Mumtaz, the elder daughter of a big Brahmin family having many sisters and brothers.Mumtaz is forced to sell her body, to meet the financial needs of her big poor family sacrificing her own life for the welfare of her family members.

Jaan Nisaar Akhtar was the lyricist in this movie and music was composed by Naushad.