Kabuliwala (1957)

  • NR
  • 04/01/1957 (IN)
  • Drama
  • 1h 56m

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.

Tapan Sinha

Director

Rabindranath Tagore

Story

Cast

Chhabi Biswas's headshot

Chhabi Biswas

Rahmat
Oindrila Tagore's headshot

Oindrila Tagore

Mini
Radhamohan Bhattacharya's headshot

Radhamohan Bhattacharya

Girl's Father
Manju Dey's headshot

Manju Dey

Girl's Mother
Kali Bannerjee's headshot

Kali Bannerjee

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