Kabuliwala (1961 film) explained

Kabuliwala (1961)
Director:	Hemen Gupta
Producer:	Bimal Roy Leela Desai (assoc.)
Starring:	Balraj Sahni Usha Kiran Sajjan Sonu.
Music:	Salil Choudhury
Cinematography:	Kamal Bose
Editing:	Madhu Prabhavalkar
Runtime:	134 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi

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]}

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

1. http://www.indiaabroad.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/30dinesh.htm "Of Kabuliwala and Unconditional Love"
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20071018235841/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/152394/Kabuliwala/overview Kabuliwala