Shahjehan
| Shahjehan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | A. R. Kardar |
| Written by | A. R. Kardar |
| Screenplay by | A. R. Kardar |
| Story by | Kamal Amrohi |
| Produced by | A. R. Kardar |
| Starring | K. L. Saigal Ragni Kanwar Nasreen P. Jairaj |
| Cinematography | Dwarkadas Divecha |
| Edited by | Moosa Mansoor |
| Music by | Naushad |
Production company | Kardar Productions |
| Distributed by | Kardar Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Shahjehan is a 1946 Indian Hindi language film. The film was directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar and written by Kamal Amrohi.
It starred K. L. Saigal, Ragini, Kanwar, Nasreen and P. Jairaj. The music was composed by Naushad with Majrooh Sultanpuri making his debut as a film song lyricist. Khumar Barabankvi was the other lyricist in this film.
The story is a fictionalized account of an episode during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan, with the fiction also linking it to the building of the Taj Mahal.
It was the second highest grossing Indian film of 1946.