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Humayun is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Mehboob Khan released in USA on 1 january 1945 with Ashok Kumar
Humayun (1945)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1945
Length 1h58
Directed by Mehboob Khan
OriginInde
Themes Political films
Rating70%
Humayan is a 1945 Indian Bollywood historical epic film directed by Mehboob Khan. It was the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 1945.
Actors
Ashok Kumar
(Badshah Naseerudin Humayun)
Nargis
(Hamida Bano)
Chandra Mohan
(Rajkumar Randhir (as Chandramohan))
Chandra Mohan
(Rajkumar Randhir)
K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh)
(Jai Singh)
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