Kabuliwala
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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.
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Cast
27 people
Chhabi Biswas
Rahmat
Known for
The Music Room
Devi
Oindrila Tagore
Mini
No other roles listed
Radhamohan Bhattacharya
Girl's Father
Also in
In Search of Famine
Udayer Pathey
Manju Dey
Girl's Mother
Also in
Kalyani
Under the Blue Sky
Shrabani Chowdhury
Jiben Bose
Also in
Aankhijal
Beam of Light
Jahar Roy
Also in
The Golden Thread
The Philosopher's Stone
Kali Bannerjee
Known for
Aparajito
Nutu Basu
Krishnadhan Mukhopadhyay
Also in
Natun Khabar
Parashmoni
Ranjan Gupta
Rasaraj Chakraborty
Also in
The Hungry Stones
Chorus
Tapan Sinha Director · Rabindranath Tagore Author Ravi Shankar Composer
First release April 1, 1957 · Produced in India · Original title কাবুলিওয়ালা
Production
Cholochitro studio
Production
India
Produced in
Languages
Original title
কাবুলিওয়ালা
Original language
Bangla
Spoken on screen
Bangla
Release dates
India · April 1, 1957
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
March 14, 1960 · Theatrical
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