Kabuliwala (1961 film)

This article is about the 1961 Hindi film. For the 1957 Bengali film, see Kabuliwala (1957 film).

Kabuliwala is a 1961 Hindi film based on the 1892 short story of the same name 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]

Kabuliwala (1961)
Film poster
Directed by	Hemen Gupta
Written by	Vishram Bedekar S. Khalil
Based on	Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore
Produced by	Bimal Roy Leela Desai (assoc.)
Starring	Balraj Sahni Usha Kiran Sajjan Sonu.
Cinematography	Kamal Bose
Edited by	Madhu Prabhavalkar
Music by	Salil Choudhury
Release date	14 December 1961 (1961-12-14)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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