Mother India (1957)
Note: this print runs 150 minutes against a recorded 172 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Kanhaiyalal, Jilloo Maa, Kumkum, Mukri
Directed by Mehboob Khan
Mother India is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film Aurat (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village woman named Radha (Nargis), who in the absence of her husband, struggles to raise her sons and survive against a cunning money-lender amidst many troubles.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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