Kabuliwala (1961 film)

Kabuliwala (Hindi: काबुलीवाला) 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.

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

• "Aye Mere Pyaare Watan" – Manna Dey ,Lyrics by Prem Dhawan
• "Ganga Aaye Kahan Se" – Hemant Kumar
• "Kabuliwala" – Hemant Kumar, Usha Mangeshkar
• "O Ya Qurbaan" – Mohammed Rafi

References

External links

• Kabuliwala (1961) at IMDb
• Kabuliwala (1961) at AllMovie

1. Kabuliwala (1957 film)
2. Kabuliwala (short story)
3. Kabuliwallah
4. Usha Kiran
5. List of Hindi films of 1961
6. Balraj Sahni
7. Sajjan (actor)
8. Tapan Sinha
9. Adaptations of works of Rabindranath Tagore in film and television
10. List of historical films set in Asia
11. 1957 in film
12. Hemen Gupta
13. Kali Banerjee
14. National Film Award for Best Feature Film
15. 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla
16. Prem Dhawan
17. Tarun Bose
18. List of Bengali films of 2023
19. Cinema of West Bengal
20. Rabindranath Tagore