The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.
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Cast
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Dilip Raj
Bholaram
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David Abraham
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
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Surekha
Radha
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Nana Palsikar
uncle Johnny, the violinist
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Gandhi
Manmohan Krishna
Deewana, the poet
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Deewaar
Anwar Hussain
Anwar, the actor
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David Abraham Cheulkar
Pandurang, the wrestler
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Asit Sen
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Rashid Khan
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Jagdish Kamal
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Director · S. Ramachandra Cinematographer
First release December 31, 1961 · Produced in India
Production
India
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Languages
Original language
Hindi
Spoken on screen
Hindi
Release dates
India · December 31, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Lebanon
October 1, 1964 · Beirut Film Festival
Russia
January 24, 1966 · Theatrical
Slovakia
July 19, 1964 · Karlovy Vary Film Festival
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