Summary
A poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his own daughter. Meanwhile, the locals are distrustful of all foreigners.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 82GoodWatch 80
Audience score83%
IMDb8.0
Running time
2 h 14 min
Longer than most dramas, +25 min on the typical 109
typical 109134Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1961
December 13, 1961
65 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
- India
Directing · 3
- Hemen Gupta Director
- Mukul Dutt Assistant Director
- Kaushal Chatterjee Assistant Director
Writing · 5
- Vishram Bedekar Screenplay
- Rabindranath Tagore Short Story, Story
- Gulzar Lyricist
- Prem Dhawan Lyricist
- S Khalil Dialogue
Production · 2
- Bimal Roy Producer
- Leela Desai Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Kamal Bose Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Madhu Prabhavalkar Editor
Sound · 2
- Salil Chowdhury Original Music Composer
- Mohammed Rafi Playback Singer
Art · 1
- Sudhendu Roy Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Kishan B. Damania Costume Design
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