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Apni Nagariya (1940)
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Add to a movie listApni Nagariya is a 1940 Bollywood film directed by Gunjal. It stars Shobhana Samarth, K. N. Singh, Nazir, and Jayant. The film was produced under the Hindustan Cinetone banner and had music composed by Rafiqe Ghaznavi.
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