कीर्ति

A 1942 Hindi social drama directed by Dada Gunjal, headlined by P. Jairaj and Lalita Pawar with Sunalini Devi and Jagdish Sethi. Released in the dense early-1940s production cycle of Bombay's studio era, the film carried a full musical score of eleven-plus numbers composed by Harishchandra Bali to verses by the lyricist Pandit Phani.

The complete score was composed by Harishchandra Bali to lyrics written entirely by Pandit Phani — a tidy single-author lyric–single-composer pairing typical of disciplined studio production. The vocal credits that survive name Lalita Parulkar (the most-featured voice, including 'Gokul Ko Jane Wale' and 'Jag Me Naar Hai'), Rajkumari ('Gaa Gaa Re Jiya Gaane', 'Pehle Jo Koi Ishq Ka Anjam Bata De') and Mitthu Miyan ('Bambai Ko Chalo Bambai Ko').

Kirti is part of the prolific 1942 output of Bombay's social-musical cinema and is notable today chiefly for its soundtrack — a single-lyricist, single-composer score by Harishchandra Bali and Pandit Phani, sung by playback voices of the period including Lalita Parulkar, Rajkumari and Mitthu Miyan. It documents the standard studio-era format in which a film's identity was carried as much by its songs as by its narrative.