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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;"><span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">Dharti Ke Lal</i></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (screenplay, dialogue),<br /><a href="/wiki/Bijon_Bhattacharya" title="Bijon Bhattacharya">Bijon Bhattacharya</a> (screenplay),<br /><a href="/wiki/Krishan_Chander" title="Krishan Chander">Krishan Chander</a> (story),</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Story by</th><td class="infobox-data">Krishan Chander</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas,<br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_People%27s_Theatre_Association" title="Indian People's Theatre Association">IPTA</a> Pictures</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Sahni" title="Balraj Sahni">Balraj Sahni</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tripti_Mitra" title="Tripti Mitra">Tripti Mitra</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sombhu_Mitra" title="Sombhu Mitra">Sombhu Mitra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Jamnadas Kapadia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>30 August 1946<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">30 August 1946</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">125 mins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindustani</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Usha_Dutt_and_Shombhu_Mitra_in_Dharti_Ke_Lal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Usha_Dutt_and_Shombhu_Mitra_in_Dharti_Ke_Lal.jpg/300px-Usha_Dutt_and_Shombhu_Mitra_in_Dharti_Ke_Lal.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="342" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Usha_Dutt_and_Shombhu_Mitra_in_Dharti_Ke_Lal.jpg/450px-Usha_Dutt_and_Shombhu_Mitra_in_Dharti_Ke_Lal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Usha_Dutt_and_Shombhu_Mitra_in_Dharti_Ke_Lal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="615" /></a><figcaption>Usha Dutt and Shombhu Mitra in <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">Dharti Ke Lal</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p><b><span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">Dharti Ke Lal</i></span></b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Hindi pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">['d̪ʱəɾ.t̪iː<span class="wrap"> </span>'keː<span class="wrap"> </span>'lɑːl]</a></span>; <abbr title="translation">transl.</abbr><span> <i>Children of the Earth</i></span>) is a 1946 <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindustani</a> film, the first directorial venture of the noted film director <a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a> (K. A. Abbas). It was jointly written by <a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bijon_Bhattacharya" title="Bijon Bhattacharya">Bijon Bhattacharya</a>, based on plays by Bhattacharya and the story <i>Annadata</i> by <a href="/wiki/Krishan_Chander" title="Krishan Chander">Krishan Chander</a>. The film had music by <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a>, with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Ali_Sardar_Jafri" title="Ali Sardar Jafri">Ali Sardar Jafri</a>, Nemichand Jain, Vamiq, and <a href="/wiki/Prem_Dhawan" title="Prem Dhawan">Prem Dhawan</a>. </p><p>The film was based on the <a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a>, which killed millions of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali people">Bengali people</a>, and was one of the first films in <a href="/wiki/Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cinema">Indian cinema</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Parallel_Cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Parallel Cinema">social-realist movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rajadhyaksha_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajadhyaksha-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1949, <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">Dharti Ke Lal</i></span> also became the first Indian film to receive widespread distribution in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> (USSR),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which led to the country becoming a major <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films_in_overseas_markets" title="List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets">overseas market</a> for <a href="/wiki/Indian_films" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian films">Indian films</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rajadhyaksha_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajadhyaksha-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dharti_Ke_Lal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">Dharti Ke Lal</i></span> was critically acclaimed for its scathing view of the notorious <a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a>, in which millions of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali people">Bengalis</a> died.<sup id="cite_ref-Rajadhyaksha_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajadhyaksha-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is considered an important political film as it gives a realistic portrayal of the changing social and economic climate during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>The film uses the plight of a single family caught in this famine, and tells the story of human devastation, and the loss of humanity during the struggle to survive. </p><p>During the Bengal famine of 1943, members of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_People%27s_Theatre_Association" title="Indian People's Theatre Association">IPTA</a> travelled all over India, performing plays and collecting funds for the survivors of the famine, which destroyed a whole generation of farmer families in Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus Abbas was deeply influenced by the work of IPTA, and hence based his script upon two of IPTA's plays, <i><a href="/wiki/Nabanna_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nabanna (play)">Nabanna</a></i> (Harvest) and <i>Jabanbandi</i> by <a href="/wiki/Bijon_Bhattacharya" title="Bijon Bhattacharya">Bijon Bhattacharya</a>, and the story <i>Annadata</i> by <a href="/wiki/Krishan_Chander" title="Krishan Chander">Krishan Chander</a>. Even the cast of the film was mainly actors from IPTA. </p><p>The film marked another chapter in the influential new wave in Indian cinema, which focussed on socially relevant themes as in <i><a href="/wiki/Neecha_Nagar" title="Neecha Nagar">Neecha Nagar</a></i> (1946), made by <a href="/wiki/Chetan_Anand_(producer_%26_director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chetan Anand (producer & director)">Chetan Anand</a>, also scripted by Abbas, and which continued with Bimal Roy's <i><a href="/wiki/Do_Bigha_Zamin" title="Do Bigha Zamin">Do Bigha Zamin</a></i> (1953). </p><p>It was the first and perhaps the only film produced by <a href="/wiki/Indian_People%27s_Theatre_Association" title="Indian People's Theatre Association">IPTA</a> (Indian People's Theater Association) and remains one of the important Hindi films of that decade. The film marked the screen debut of <a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a> and also gave actor <a href="/wiki/Balraj_Sahni" title="Balraj Sahni">Balraj Sahni</a> his first important on screen role.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> called it "...a gritty realistic drama."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It proved to be tremendously influential not only to future filmmakers who admired its neorealist-like qualities—but also to intellectuals of India's left-wing.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dharti_Ke_Lal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tripti_Mitra" title="Tripti Mitra">Tripti Mitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sombhu_Mitra" title="Sombhu Mitra">Sombhu Mitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Sahni" title="Balraj Sahni">Balraj Sahni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Ahmed" title="Rashid Ahmed">Rashid Ahmed</a></li> <li>Damayanti Sahni (Balraj Sahni's actual wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Khan_(actor)" title="Rashid Khan (actor)">Rashid Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Singh" title="K. N. Singh">K. N. Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Abraham_Cheulkar" title="David Abraham Cheulkar">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a></li> <li>Snehaprabha</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dharti_Ke_Lal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Rajadhyaksha-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rajadhyaksha_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rajadhyaksha_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rajadhyaksha_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRajadhyaksha2016" class="citation book cs1">Rajadhyaksha, Ashish (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QUq1DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT61"><i>Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. p. 61. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780191034770" title="Special:BookSources/9780191034770"><bdi>9780191034770</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230830091734/https://books.google.com/books?id=QUq1DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT61">Archived</a> from the original on 30 August 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Narayan, <i>The Journal of Commonwealth Literature</i>, 1 1976; vol. 11: pp. 82 – 94.</li> <li>Amir Ullah Khan and Bibek Debroy, <i>Indian Economic Transition through Bollywood Eyes</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dharti_Ke_Lal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038475/"><i>Dharti Ke Lal</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Abbas)</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Director</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dharti Ke Lal</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aaj_Aur_Kal_(1947_film)" title="Aaj Aur Kal (1947 film)">Aaj Aur Kal</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rahi_(film)" title="Rahi (film)">Rahi</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anhonee_(1952_film)" title="Anhonee (1952 film)">Anhonee</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Munna_(1954_film)" title="Munna (1954 film)">Munna</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pardesi_(1957_film)" title="Pardesi (1957 film)">Pardesi (Journey Beyond Three Seas)</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Char_Dil_Char_Rahen" title="Char Dil Char Rahen">Char Dil Char Rahen</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gyara_Hazar_Ladkian" title="Gyara Hazar Ladkian">Gyara Hazar Ladkian</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shehar_Aur_Sapna" title="Shehar Aur Sapna">Shehar Aur Sapna</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hamara_Ghar_(1964_film)" title="Hamara Ghar (1964 film)">Hamara Ghar</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aasman_Mahal" title="Aasman Mahal">Aasman Mahal</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bambai_Raat_Ki_Bahon_Mein" title="Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein">Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saat_Hindustani" title="Saat Hindustani">Saat Hindustani</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Do_Boond_Pani" title="Do Boond Pani">Do Boond Pani</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Faslah" title="Faslah">Faslah</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naxalites" title="The Naxalites">The Naxalites</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ek_Aadmi" title="Ek Aadmi">Ek Aadmi</a></i> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screenwriter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Naya_Sansar" title="Naya Sansar">Naya Sansar</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dharti Ke Lal</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Kotnis_Ki_Amar_Kahani" title="Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani">Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neecha_Nagar" title="Neecha Nagar">Neecha Nagar</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aaj_Aur_Kal_(1947_film)" title="Aaj Aur Kal (1947 film)">Aaj Aur Kal</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Awaara" title="Awaara">Awaara</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rahi_(film)" title="Rahi (film)">Rahi</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anhonee_(1952_film)" title="Anhonee (1952 film)">Anhonee</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Munna_(1954_film)" title="Munna (1954 film)">Munna</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shree_420" title="Shree 420">Shree 420</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jagte_Raho" title="Jagte Raho">Jagte Raho</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Journey_Beyond_Three_Seas" class="mw-redirect" title="Journey Beyond Three Seas">Pardesi (Journey Beyond Three Seas)</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Char_Dil_Char_Rahen" title="Char Dil Char Rahen">Char Dil Char Rahen</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gyara_Hazar_Ladkian" title="Gyara Hazar Ladkian">Gyara Hazar Ladkian</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shehar_Aur_Sapna" title="Shehar Aur Sapna">Shehar Aur Sapna</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hamara_Ghar_(1964_film)" title="Hamara Ghar (1964 film)">Hamara Ghar</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aasman_Mahal" title="Aasman Mahal">Aasman Mahal</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bambai_Raat_Ki_Bahon_Mein" title="Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein">Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saat_Hindustani" title="Saat Hindustani">Saat Hindustani</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mera_Naam_Joker" title="Mera Naam Joker">Mera Naam Joker</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Do_Boond_Pani" title="Do Boond Pani">Do Boond Pani</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobby_(1973_film)" title="Bobby (1973 film)">Bobby</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achanak_(1973_film)" title="Achanak (1973 film)">Achanak</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naxalites" title="The Naxalites">The Naxalites</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Henna_(film)" title="Henna (film)">Henna</a></i> (1991)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐f69cdc8f6‐cnfgh Cached time: 20241123044115 Cache expiry: 3600 Reduced expiry: true Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.535 seconds Real time usage: 0.687 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 1592/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 32347/2097152 bytes Template 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