Begunah (1957)
Year – 1957
Language – Hindi
Country – India
Producer – Rup Kamal Chitra
Director – Narendra Suri
Music Director – Shanker-Jaikishen
Box-Office Status –
Cast – Krishnakant, Helen, Shakila, Kishore Kumar, Raja Nene, Radha Krishan, Samson, Mubarak
Miscellaneous Information – A rare publicity poster of Hindi film Begunah starring Shakila and Kishore Kumar released in India on 8th March, 1957. The film was banned 10 days after its release because it was a plagiarized version of American film Knock on the Wood (1954, starring Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling). The producers of Knock on the Wood filed a copyright lawsuit in India. They won the case and the judge ordered all prints of Begunah to be destroyed. Therefore, no known prints of this film exist anymore. However, the songs especially Mukesh number “Aye Pyase dil Bezuban” picturized on music director Jaikishan became quite popular and is still heard today.
The print of film should not have destroyed under any circumstances ,the music provided was immortal, the producer might have produce with another story.