Kabuliwala (1957)
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.
Cast
Chhabi Biswas
Rahmat
Radhamohan Bhattacharya
Girl's Father
Manju Dey
Girl's Mother
Jahar Roy
Kali Bannerjee
