Kabuliwala (1961 film)

Kabuliwala (1961)
Film poster
Directed by Hemen Gupta
Produced by Bimal Roy
Leela Desai (assoc.)
Written by Vishram Bedekar
S. Khalil
Based on Kabuliwala
by Rabindranath Tagore
Starring Balraj Sahni
Usha Kiran
Sajjan
Sonu.
Music by Salil Choudhury
Cinematography Kamal Bose
Edited by Madhu Prabhavalkar
Release date
14 December 1961
Running time
134 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Kabuliwala (Hindi: काबुलीवाला) is a 1961 Hindi film based on the story Kabuliwala, by the Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore. It was directed by Hemen Gupta and starred Balraj Sahni, Usha Kiran, Sajjan, Sonu and Baby Farida.[1][2]

Cast

  • Balraj Sahni as Abdul Rehman Khan
  • Sonu as Mini
  • Usha Kiran as Rama, Mini's mother
  • Padma
  • Laxmi
  • Sarita Devi
  • Anwari Bai
  • Leela Agha
  • Baby Farida
  • Asit Sen as Bhola

Background

Gupta had remained private secretary to Subhas Chandra Bose, and went on to direct many films including Taksaal (1956), also starring Balraj Sahni, and his tribute Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (1966).

Soundtrack

Music – Salil Choudhury; Lyrics – Prem Dhawan, Gulzar

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.