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.

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Release Date

April 1, 1957

Status

Released

Original Title

Kabuliwala

Runtime

1h 56min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Bengali

Production Companies

Cholochitro studio