# Bedari

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***Bedari*** is a Pakistani [Urdu-language](/source/Urdu_language) black-and-white film released in 1956.

The film was premiered at Regent cinema, [Lahore](/source/Lahore).[1] It was the first film of Ratan Kumar in Pakistan, after he moved from India with his family. *Bedari* was commercially successful primarily due to its songs.[2]

*Bedari* was a plagiarized version of Ratan Kumar's Indian film *[Jagriti](/source/Jagriti)* (1954), with replacement of some words, and music was taken directly from *Jagriti* as well. Upon its release in 1956, it grossed well in its first few weeks. However, on the discovery of plagiarism by the cinemagoers, there was a mass uproar that caused public demonstrations against the exhibition of the film. The [Censor Board of Pakistan](/source/Central_Board_of_Film_Censors) immediately put a ban on the film.[3][4]

## Cast

- [Ratan Kumar](/source/Ratan_Kumar_(actor))[2]
- [Ragni](/source/Ragni_(actress))[2]
- [Santosh Kumar](/source/Santosh_Kumar_(actor))[2]
- [Meena Shorey](/source/Meena_Shorey)
- [Lehri](/source/Lehri_(actor))
- [Qazi Wajid](/source/Qazi_Wajid)
- [Bibbo](/source/Bibbo_(actress))

## Music

The music of the film was composed by Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, a veteran Pakistani sitar player. The songs were written by [Fayyaz Hashmi](/source/Fayyaz_Hashmi), and sung by [Munawwar Sultana](/source/Munawwar_Sultana) and [Saleem Raza](/source/Saleem_Raza_(singer)). A song which was a straight lift of the '[De Di Humein Azaadi](/source/De_Dee_Hame_Azaadi)' tune was titled Aye Quaid-e-Azam Tera Ehsaan Hai Ehsaan. The lines 'De di humein azaadi bina khadag bina dhal/ Sabarmati ke sant tu ne kar diya kamaal' had been changed to 'De di humein azaadi kay duniya huyi hairaan/ Aye Quaid-e-Azam tera ehsaan hai ehsaan'. In other words, a song celebrating the Indian Father of the Nation had been transposed to eulogize his Pakistani counterpart.[4]

- *Aey Qaid-e-Azam, tera ehsan hai ehsan*, by [Munawwar Sultana](/source/Munawar_Sultana_(singer))[3][4]
- *Hum laayein hain toofan se kashti nikaal ke*, by [Saleem Raza](/source/Saleem_Raza_(singer))[3]
- *Aao Bachho Sair Karain Tum Ko Pakistan Ki*, by Saleem Raza
- *Chalo Chalen Maan Sapnon ke Gaon Mein*

Highlight of this film was its popular film songs and music. Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was the foremost sitar player at that time in Pakistan and composed the music of this film. Bedari was also a debut film of now renowned Pakistani actor [Qazi Wajid](/source/Qazi_Wajid) who, as a teenage student, played a very funny role of a student with a stammer disorder.[5]

## References

1. Salma Siddique (16 February 2023). [*Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960*](https://books.google.com/books?id=PeeREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA188). Cambridge University Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-1009151207.

1. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). [*Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997*](https://books.google.com/books?id=sOdkAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Bedari). Oxford University Press via Google Books website. pp. 64, 246. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

1. Sayed GB Shah Bokhari (5 November 2015). ["Paying plagiarised tribute to Quaid"](https://www.dawn.com/news/1217564). *Dawn newspaper*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220816090352/https://www.dawn.com/news/1217564) 16 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

1. Rudradeep Bhattacharjee (28 December 2015). ["Gandhi replaced with Jinnah: The story of how an ode to India was plagiarised in Pakistan"](https://scroll.in/article/771358/gandhi-replaced-with-jinnah-the-story-of-how-an-ode-to-india-was-plagarised-in-pakistan). *Scroll.in website*. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

1. Omair Alvi (12 February 2018). ["OBITUARY: QAZI WAJID'S LAST ACT SADDENS FANS"](https://www.dawn.com/news/1388876). *Dawn newspaper*. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

## External links

- [Bedari](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199437/) at IMDb

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