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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]
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]
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 .
Daane Anaar Ke; Daftarnama [35] Dekh Bhai Dekh; Flop Show [36] Full Tension; Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi [37] Hum Hain Naa; Idhar Udhar; Kabhi Saas Kabhi Bahu; Kana Phoosi; Phatichar [38] Mr. Funtoosh [39] Mr Ya Mrs [40] Oh Darling Yeh Hai India; Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani; Padosan; Shrimaan Shrimati; Sohni Mahiwal [41] Truck Dhina Dhin [42] Tu ...
The first Indian film released in the Soviet Union was Dharti Ke Lal (1946), directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and based on the Bengal famine of 1943, in 1949. [55] Three hundred Indian films were released in the Soviet Union after that; [226] most were Bollywood films with higher average audience figures than domestic Soviet productions.
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.