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14 February 1957 (India)
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The Indian 'Gone with the Wind'
Plot:
The film begins with the finishing of a water canal to the village set in the present. Radha (Nargis)...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 6 wins
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Commentary: Bollywood deserves its own Oscar category
(From The Bollywood Ticket. 28 October 2009, 5:49 PM, PDT)
India Picks Surprise Oscar Submission: Harishchandrachi Factory
(From Thompson on Hollywood. 8 October 2009, 5:30 PM, PDT)
(From The Bollywood Ticket. 28 October 2009, 5:49 PM, PDT)
India Picks Surprise Oscar Submission: Harishchandrachi Factory
(From Thompson on Hollywood. 8 October 2009, 5:30 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nargis | ... | Radha |
 | Sunil Dutt | ... | Birju |
| Rajendra Kumar | ... | Ramu |
| Raaj Kumar | ... | Shamu (Radha's Husband) |
| Kanhaiyalal | ... | Sukhilala (as Kanhaiya Lal) |
| Jilloo Maa | ||
| Kumkum | ... | Champa |
| Chanchal | ||
| Sheela Naik | ... | Kamla |
| Mukri | ... | Shambu (as Muqri) |
| Siddiqui | ||
| Ram Shastri | ||
| Fakir Mohammad | (as Faqir Mohomed) | |
| Geeta | ||
| Hameeda |
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Also Known As:
Bharat Mata (India: Hindi title)
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172 min
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign-Language Film category. It was India's first Oscar nomination.
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O Gadi Wale
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The film opens with shots of machinery plowing the land and a dam being inaugurated and for a moment we think we're in a Soviet-style tractor movie. Luckily, the overt political themes soon subside in favor of a more human story, about the struggles of farmer woman Radha (Nargis) against poverty, nature and and an unscrupulous money-lender, complicated further by her fraught relationship with her bad-boy son Birju. Even though Radha clearly represents an idealization of traditional Indian values, she is given depth by a powerful performance from Nargis and as the narrative plays out the movie becomes both morally complex and emotionally moving.
This great epic is often called the Gone With the Wind of India. It's not an exaggeration.