State Express is a 1938 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Vijay Bhatt for his production company Prakash Pictures.
[1][2] The film's music was composed by Lallubhai Nayak and the dialogues were written by Sampatlal Srivastava.
Zakaria Khan, named Jayant by Vijay Bhatt, and who was to become a famous character artist, started his career as a leading man in several of Bhatt's earlier films from Bombay Mail (1935) to Bijli (1939), including State Express[3] The film starred Jayant, Sardar Akhtar, Umakant, Lallubhai Nayak, Shirin and Ismail.
[4] State Express involved a masked heroine (Sardar Akhtar) who performed several stunts, a young prince (Jayant), and his scheming uncle.
[5] State Express is cited by Rajadhyaksha and Willemen as a "successful film" doing well at the box-office.