"Red Scarf") is a 1948 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by K. B. Lall and produced by Akash Chitra.

[1] Starring Madhubala, Rajan Haskar and D. K. Sapru, the film tells the story of Shobha, a headstrong village girl whose romance with a zamindar goes into awry due to some misunderstandings.

[5] The film revolves around Kanwar, a young zamindar of Amirpur, who falls for a farmer's daughter named Shobha.

As the film ends, she is seen standing happily on a hill with Kanwar, her red scarf "Lal Dupatta" flying and a sense of triumph on her face.

[6] The closeup scenes of busts and hip movements of Sukhiya after she taking a bath in second song were removed on the instructions of the Central Board of Film Certification.

[8] Lal Dupatta was initially released on 10 December 1948 at the Royal Opera in Bombay (today Mumbai).