Son of India (1962 film)

Son of India
Soundtrack album by Naushad
Released	31 December 1962
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Sa Re Ga Ma
Naushad chronology

Son of India
	Film poster
Directed by	Mehboob Khan
Produced by	Mehboob Khan
Written by	Mehboob Khan
Starring	Kamaljit; Simi Garewal; Sajid Khan; Kumkum; Jayant
Music by	Naushad
Release date	1962
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	?1.20 crore

Son of India is the renowned Bollywood film of the year 1962. The film was written and directed by the leading Director of those days- Mehboob Khan. The film had the leading cast including Kamaljith, Simi Garewal, Sajid Khan, Jayant and Kumkum. The music of this film is by Naushad and the lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. The movie is still remembered for its melodious music even after such a long span of time. One of the patriotic songs especially for the children- "Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon Desh Ka Sipahi Hoon" ^[2]^[3] became quite popular. The film was a Box office bomb.^[4]

Cast[edit]

Kamaljit as Kishore
Simi Garewal as Lalita
Sajid Khan
Kumkum as Kamla
Jayant as Jung 'JB' Bahadur
Ruby Mayers as Paro
Kanhaiyalal as Paro's father
Tun Tun as Gopal's foster mother
Durga Khote as Head Nun
Murad as Judge
Mukri
Bakhtawar Singh
Kumar
Lilian

Box Office[edit]

With a total net collection of ?60 lakhs, the film was declared a "Flop" by Box Office India.^[5]

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack for the movie was composed by Naushad and lyrics penned by Shakeel Badayuni. The soundtrack consists of 9 songs, featuring vocals by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt and Shanthi Mathur.

All lyrics written by Shakeel Badayuni; all music composed by Naushad.

Songs
No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Aaj Chhedo Mohabbat Ki"	Lata Mangeshkar	3:57
2.	"Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar"	Shanti Mathur	3:58
3.	"Chal Diye Peeke Gham"	Lata Mangeshkar	3:05
4.	"Dil Todne Wale"	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi	4:28
5.	"Diya Na Bujhe Ri Aaj"	Lata Mangeshkar, Chorus	3:14
6.	"Insan Tha Pehle Bandar"	Shanti Mathur	2:47
7.	"Mujhe Huzoor Tum Se"	Geeta Dutt	2:18
8.	"Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon"	Shanti Mathur, Chorus	4:13
9.	"Zindagi Aaj Mere Naam"	Mohammed Rafi	3:48