Year: 1957
Genre:
Drama, Musical, Family
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 8,1 (NEVAZUT)
Country: India
Language:
Director: Mehboob Khan
Writer: Wajahat Mirza, S. Ali Raza
Composer: Naushad
Producer: Mehboob Khan
Actors: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi, Jilloo Maa, Kumkum, Chanchal, Sheela Naik, Mukri, Siddiqui, Ram Shastri, Fakir Mohammad, Geeta, Hameeda, Master Surendra, Mastan, Nawab Khan, Master Alec, Sitara Devi, Azra, Sajid Khan
Description: The film begins with the finishing of a water canal for the village set in the present. Radha (Nargis), as the mother of the village, is asked to open the canal and remembers back to her past when she was newly married, mirroring the new independence of India. The wedding between Radha and Shamu (Raaj Kumar) was paid for by Radha's mother-in-law, who got a loan from the moneylender Sukhilala. This event starts the spiral of poverty and hardship that Radha endures. The conditions of the loan are disputed, but the village elders decide in favor of the moneylender, after which Shamu and Radha are forced to pay three-quarters of their crop as interest on the loan of 500 rupees. While trying to use more of their land to alleviate their poverty, Shamu's arms are crushed by a boulder. He is shamed by his helplessness and is humiliated by others in the village. Deciding that he is no use to his family, he leaves and does not return. Soon after this, Radha's mother-in-law dies. Radha continues...
Comments:
Duration: 172 minutes (at 23.976 frames per second)
File path: Z:\05695. Mother India (1957)\Mother India (1957).mkv
Filesize: 699 MB
Video: AVC - resolution: 576x432 - quality: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Audio:
Subtitles: English