Kabuliwala (1961 film)

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Kabuliwala (1961)
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Film poster
Directed by Hemen Gupta
Written byVishram 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 byMadhu Prabhavalkar
Music by Salil Choudhury
Release date
  • 14 December 1961 (1961-12-14)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Kabuliwala is a 1961 Hindi film based on the 1892 short 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]

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Cast

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

  1. "Of Kabuliwala and Unconditional Love", by Dinesh Raheja, Rediff.com. Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Kabuliwala New York Times.