parwana (moth) is a 1947 indian hindi-language drama film. it was produced by r. b. haldia and pratap a. rana, and directed by j. k. nanda. the songs were composed by khurshid anwar and became popular. the lyrics were written by d. n. madhok and naqshab. the film starred k. l. saigal, suraiya, najma, k. n. singh, baby khurshid and azurie. it was k. l. saigal's last film and was released in february 1947, one month after his death in january 1947. suraiya, who had stated in an interview that she was a big fan of saigal's, and had already acted in two films with him. the first two were "tadbir" (1945) and "omar khaiyyam" (1946). "parwana" was their third film together and the most famous.