हौसला ना हार

An exhortatory song from the 1944 wartime film Panna, written by Wali Sahab and composed by Amir Ali. The title — an appeal not to lose courage — chimes with the morale-and-message function often ascribed to Panna as a Second World War-era production. The singer is not specified in available record listings.

Amir Ali frames the call-to-courage in a steady, forward-leaning medium tempo — the kind of resolute, march-adjacent pulse that wartime film music used for its uplifting numbers. Harmonium and tabla anchor a melody built for clarity and rousing effect rather than ornament.