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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 (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 .
The Giver of Grain – an obsequious appellation used by Indian peasants for their feudal land-owners), was made into the film Dharti Ke Lal (1946) by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – which led to his being offered work regularly as a screenwriter by Bollywood, including such popular hits as Mamta (1966) and Sharafat (1970). He wrote his film scripts in ...
Saat Hindustani (transl. Seven Indians) is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language action film written, directed, and produced by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.The film portrays the heroic story of seven Indians who attempt to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule.
Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan (English: Prithviraj Chauhan, the Brave Warrior of the Land) is an Indian historical drama broadcast on StarPlus. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was produced by Sagars which is based on Prithviraj Raso , a Brajbhasha poem by Chand Bardai which portrays the life of Prithviraj Chauhan , a 12th-century Rajput [ 3 ] emperor ...
Do Bigha Zamin (/ ð oʊ b iː ˈ ɡ ɑː z ə m iː n / transl. Two bighas of land) [a] is a 1953 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Bimal Roy.Based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali poem "Dui Bigha Jomi" and Rickshawalla, a short story written by composer Salil Chowdhury, the film stars Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy in lead roles.
Laxminarayan Lal was born on 4 March 1927 in Jalalpur, Basti district of Uttar Pradesh. [2] He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree with his thesis on "Development of the craft method of Hindi stories". [3] During his childhood in a rural environment, Lal developed an interest in drama and theatrics.