Kabuliwala (1961 film)
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Directed byHemen Gupta
Written byVishram Bedekar
S. Khalil
S. Khalil
Based onKabuliwala
by Rabindranath Tagore
by Rabindranath Tagore
Produced byBimal Roy
Leela Desai (assoc.)
Leela Desai (assoc.)
| Kabuliwala (1961) | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Hemen Gupta |
| Written by | Vishram Bedekar S. Khalil |
| Based on | Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore |
| Produced by | Bimal Roy Leela Desai (assoc.) |
| Starring | Balraj Sahni Usha Kiran Sajjan Sonu. |
| Cinematography | Kamal Bose |
| Edited by | Madhu Prabhavalkar |
| Music by | Salil Choudhury |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Kabuliwala is a 1961 Hindi film based on the 1892 short story of the same name 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]
- 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).