Badi Maa (Hindi pronunciation:['bə.ɽiː'mɑ̃ː]; transl. Elder Mother), also called Bari-Ma, is a 1945 Indian Hindi-language war drama film.[1] It was produced and directed by Master Vinayak. Made under the banner of Prafulla Pictures, Kolhapur, it had story written by V. S. Khendekar.[2] Zia Sarhadi wrote the screenplay and lyrics for six songs.[3] The other lyricists were Anjum Pilibhiti and Raja Badhe. The music director was K. Datta (Datta Koregaonkar).[4]
The film starred Noor Jehan, Ishwarlal, Yakub, Sitara Devi, Meenaxi, Baby Alka, Damuanna Malvankar, Leela Mishra and Girish.[5] It had playback singer Lata Mangeshkar in one of her rare early acting roles, performing alongside Noor Jehan.[6] Besides Mangeshkar, the film also had singer Asha Bhosle in a minor role with the other two singers.
Made at the end of WWII, the film factors the Japanese involvement, with Yakub and Sitara Devi acting as spies for Japan. The lead pair, Ishwarlal and Noor Jehan take them on, emerging victorious.
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