Aan
1952 film by Mehboob Khan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aan (Hindi: आन, Urdu: آن, translation: Pride), released as The Savage Princess in the United Kingdom and United States, is a 1952 Indian Hindi language adventure film, produced and directed by Mehboob Khan.
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Directed by | Mehboob Khan |
Written by | S. Ali Raza |
Story by | R. S. Choudhury |
Produced by | Mehboob Khan |
Starring | Dilip Kumar Nimmi Nadira Premnath |
Cinematography | Faredoon A. Irani |
Edited by | Shamsudin Kadri |
Music by | Naushad |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Mehboob Productions |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹3,500,000[1] |
Box office | est. ₹35,731,000 ($6,042,410) |
It was India's first technicolor film, as it was shot in 16mm Gevacolour and was blown up in Technicolor.[2][3] It stars Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Nadira (in her debut role), Premnath. It was the most expensive Indian film at the time, subsequently becoming the highest grossing Indian film ever, a record it held for several years.
It was the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time, domestically[4] and overseas.[5] Aan was the first Indian film to have a worldwide release in many countries, subtitled in 17 languages and released in 28 countries,[5] including the United Kingdom,[6] United States, France,[7] and Japan.[8] The film also received critical acclaim in the British press at the time.[9] In South India, it was also dubbed and released in Tamil with the same title, Aan.[10]