Kabuliwala (1957)

 ●  Bengali ● 1 hr 56 mins

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Sinha’s version of the Tagore short story (pub. 1918) about an Afghan tribesman, Rehmat (Biswas), who sells spices in Calcutta and befriends a little girl (Thakur, sister of Sharmila Tagore in her only film role, in an uninhibited performance) who reminds him of the daughter he left behind. Having killed a man who tried to cheat him, the Kabuliwala is jailed for many years and on his release he finds that the little girl has grown up, prompting the realisation that his own daughter has probably forgotten him. Radhamohan Bhattacharya (cf. Udayer Pathey, 1944) played the girl’s father and Manju Dey her mother, both evoking a sentimentalised history of Calcutta’s bhadralok. The story was remade in Hindi by Hemen Gupta (1961) starring Balraj Sahni in a Bimal Roy production.

Cast: Chhabi Biswas, Oindrila Tagore

Crew: Tapan Sinha (Director), Anil Bandyopadhyay (Director of Photography), Pandit Ravi Shankar (Music Director)

Genres: Drama

Release Dates: 01 Jan 1957 (India)

Bengali Name: কাবুলিবালা

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Bengali
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Black & White
Frame Rate:
24 fps
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