Mother India is a 1957 Bollywood film directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raj Kumar. The film was Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958.
The film is a remake of Mehboob Khan’s earlier film Aurat (1940). The film would later be remade in Telugu as Bangaru Talli (1971). The film was fifth Indo-Russian co-production, and was preceed by Pardesi (1957), also starring Nargis Dutt. In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. The film ranked #3 in the list of all-time box office hits.
Response
- The film grossed over Rs.40 million. This record was beaten 3 years later by Mughal-E-Azam in 1960.
Awards and nominations
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Nomination
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Best Actress: Nargis Dutt
- Filmfare Best Movie Award
- Filmfare Best Director Award: Mehboob Khan
- Filmfare Best Actress Award: Nargis
- Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award: Faredoon Irani
- Filmfare Best Sound Award: R. Kaushik
Cast
- Nargis … Radha
- Sunil Dutt … Birju
- Rajendra Kumar … Ramu
- Raaj Kumar … Shamu (Radha’s Husband)
- Kanhaiyalal … Sukhilala
- Jilloo Maa
- Kumkum … Champa
- Chanchal
- Sheela Naik … Kamla
- Mukri … Shambu
- Siddiqui
- Ram Shastri
- Fakir Mohammad
