Kabuliwala

Kabuliwala

116 mins | Drama | April 1, 1957

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.

Kabuliwala

116 mins | Drama | April 1, 1957

Kabuliwala
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Cholochitro studio
Original title Kabuliwala
Directors Tapan Sinha
Writers Rabindranath Tagore

Cast

Chhabi Biswas

as Rahmat

Oindrila Tagore

as Mini

Radhamohan Bhattacharya

as Girl's Father

Manju Dey

as Girl's Mother