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Dharti Ke Lal (Hindi pronunciation: ['d̪ʱəɾ.t̪iː 'keː 'lɑːl]; transl. Children of the Earth) is a 1946 Hindustani film, the first directorial venture of the noted film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K. A. Abbas).
Balraj Sahni with his wife Damayanti, 1936. Sahni was born on 1 May 1913 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India. [3] His father belonged to the Arya Samaj organization, a Hindu reformist movement, and stressed the importance of social reforms as well the independence movement also admiring individuals such as Gandhi and Tagore, which would instill an early idealism in the mind of Sahni. [4]
Dharti Ke Lal; Dhiraj; Dhoomketu; Diamond Queen (1940 film) Dil (1946 film) Dil Ki Rani; Dillagi (1942 film) Dillagi (1949 film) Do Bhai (1947 film) Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani; Dr. Kumar; Door Chalen; Dorangia Daku; Dost (1944 film) Duhai; Dukh Sukh; Duniya Diwani; Duniya Ek Sarai; Duniya Ek Tamasha; Duniya Tumhari Hai
Shaan performing at an IBM event IMPRINT 2008. This is a discography of Indian vocalist Shaan.He sings in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu,Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri and many others.
Dharti Ke Lal (1946), about the Bengal famine of 1943, which was one of Indian cinema's first social-realist films, [3] and opened up the overseas market for Indian films in the Soviet Union. [4] Pardesi (1957) was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
Up until the 1980s, the largest overseas market for Indian films was the Soviet Union. After Dharti Ke Lal, [3] the first Indian film to become a blockbuster at the Soviet box office was Awaara (1951), directed by Raj Kapoor and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, released in the Soviet Union in 1954. [11]
Early examples of Indian cinema's social realist movement include Dharti Ke Lal (1946), a film about the Bengal famine of 1943 directed and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, [7] and Neecha Nagar (1946), a film directed by Chetan Anand and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas that won the Grand Prize at the first Cannes Film Festival. [8]
The film is stated to be a sequel to Abbas' debut directorial film Dharti Ke Lal (1946), especially with reference to the beginning of Dharti Ke Lal. [2] Cited as the first Indian film produced without songs and dances, it was acclaimed as an international critical success though it failed at the box office. [5]