Movie Description

Kabuliwala

(1957)

Overview

Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini who reminds him of his own daughter back in Afghanistan. One day Rehmat receives news of his daughter’s illness and decides to return to Afghanistan. But before he goes a violent fight with a customer leads to Rehmat killing him. He gets out of prison ten years later. Based on a Rabindranath Tagore story.

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Original TitleKabuliwala

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1957-04-01

Original LanguageBengali

Runtime 01h 56m

Production CompaniesCholochitro studio

Genres

  • Drama