Kabuliwala (1957)

5.7/10 116 min Drama

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.

Cast

Chhabi Biswas

Rahmat

Radhamohan Bhattacharya

Girl's Father

Manju Dey

Girl's Mother

Jahar Roy

Kali Bannerjee

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