
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film (1956)
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Based on
Based on Kabuliwala
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Setting
Set in Kolkata
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Music
Music by Ravi Shankar
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Tapan SinhaScreenplay
- Original title
- কাবুলিওয়ালা
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 1, 1957
- Original language
- Bengali
- Countries
- India

























