This article is about the 1952 musical. For the 2004 drama, see Aan: Men at Work. For other uses, see Aan (disambiguation).
Aan
Film poster
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
Mehboob Productions
Distributed by
Mehboob Productions
Release date
1952 (1952)
Running time
161 minutes
Country
India
Language
Hindi
Budget
₹3,500,000[1]
Box office
est. ₹35,731,000 ($6,042,410)
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.
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]
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