---
title: 'Watan (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mehboob Khan'
released: '1938-01-22'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'British Raj'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/watan-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232925/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Watan (1938)

1938 · Drama · British Raj


## Synopsis

Watan (transl. Homeland) is a 1938 Indian costume drama film directed by Mehboob Khan. Produced by Sagar Films, the film had story by Mehboob Khan and Wajahat Mirza. The cast of the film included Kumar, Bibbo, Maya Banerjee, Yakub Lala, Sitara Devi and Kayam Ali. The story set in Central Asia, based on the De-Cossackization policy, involving the Bolsheviks and Cossacks with the Cossacks fight for independence which was a symbolic reference to the independence from British rule in India at that time. It also incorporated a romantic triangle involving Kumar, Bibbo and Sitara Devi.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mehboob Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehboob-khan)
- **Screenplay:** [Wajahat Mirza](https://cinepixo.com/people/wajahat-mirza)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anil Biswas](https://cinepixo.com/people/anil-biswas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Faredoon Irani](https://cinepixo.com/people/faredoon-irani)

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