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Indian film
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ...
directed by
Mehboob Khan
Mehboob Khan (born Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan; 9 September 1907
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and starring
Sardar Akhtar
Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. She started her acting career on the Urdu stage. Her early films were with Saroj Movietone, where she did a majority of stunt (action) roles. She came into pr ...
,
Surendra
Surendra is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Surendra (actor/singer)
* Surendra Bhave
* Surendra Chaturvedi
* Surendra Dubey
* Surendra Gambhir
* Surendra Hiranandani
* Surendra Jain
* Surendra Jha 'Sum ...
,
Yakub
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
,
Kanhaiyalal and
Arun Kumar Ahuja
Arun Kumar Ahuja (born Gulshan Singh Ahuja 17 January 1917 – 3 July 1998), popularly known as Aroon, was an Indian actor and producer who was active in Hindi cinema in the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in over 30 films in both leading and ...
. The film's music is by
Anil Biswas and dialogue is by
Wajahat Mirza
Wajahat Hussain Mirza Changezi ( hi, वजाहत मिर्ज़ा; 20 April 1908 – 4 August 1990) was an Indian screenwriter and film director who penned the dialogues of some of the most successful films in India during the 1950s ...
. Mehboob Khan later remade this film as ''
Mother India
''Mother India'' is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film '' Aurat'' (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village woma ...
'' (1957),
which is considered one of the biggest hits of all time in
Indian Cinema
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ...
(and again repeated Wajahat Mirza for dialogues, Kanhiyalal as Sukhi Lala and Faredoon Irani for cinematography).
Plot
Radha (
Sardar Akhtar
Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. She started her acting career on the Urdu stage. Her early films were with Saroj Movietone, where she did a majority of stunt (action) roles. She came into pr ...
) is an indomitable woman, toiling away to feed her three sons and to pay off Sukhilala (
Kanhaiyalal), the village's rapacious moneylender. When she learns that she is pregnant again, her husband, Shamu (
Arun Kumar Ahuja
Arun Kumar Ahuja (born Gulshan Singh Ahuja 17 January 1917 – 3 July 1998), popularly known as Aroon, was an Indian actor and producer who was active in Hindi cinema in the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in over 30 films in both leading and ...
), runs far away, leaving her to fend for herself against poverty and the lecherous advances of Sukhilala. Later, the two eldest children die, leaving her with only two sons: the strait-laced Ramu (
Surendra
Surendra is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Surendra (actor/singer)
* Surendra Bhave
* Surendra Chaturvedi
* Surendra Dubey
* Surendra Gambhir
* Surendra Hiranandani
* Surendra Jain
* Surendra Jha 'Sum ...
) and the wild Birju (
Yakub
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
). The latter of the two becomes a bandit, who kills Sukhilala and kidnaps his childhood sweetheart. As a result, Radha and Ramu are cast out of the village. Eventually, Radha kills Birju for dishonoring her.
Cast
*
Surendra
Surendra is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Surendra (actor/singer)
* Surendra Bhave
* Surendra Chaturvedi
* Surendra Dubey
* Surendra Gambhir
* Surendra Hiranandani
* Surendra Jain
* Surendra Jha 'Sum ...
as Ramu
*
Sardar Akhtar
Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. She started her acting career on the Urdu stage. Her early films were with Saroj Movietone, where she did a majority of stunt (action) roles. She came into pr ...
as Radha
*
Yakub
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
as Briju
*
Aroon as Shamu
* Harish as Bansi
* Jyoti as Jamna
*
Kanhaiyalal as Sukhi
* Vatsala Kumtekar as Kamla
* Sunalini as Sunder Chachi
* Brijrani as Tulsi
* Akbar Gulam Ali as Laloo
* Kanu Pande as Chandoo
* Wasker as Fulchand
* Amirbanu as Kashibai
References
External links
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Full movie on YouTube
1940 films
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Films directed by Mehboob Khan
Films about women in India
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1940s Urdu-language films
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