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	\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Master Vithal]]\|~~Sulochana (~~[[Ruby Myers]])\|[[Zubeida]]\|Sultana}}		\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Master Vithal]]\|[[Ruby Myers\|Sulochana]]\|[[Zubeida]]\|[[Sultana (actress)\|Sultana]]}}
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	'''''Balidan''''' also called '''''Sacrifice''''', is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1927\|1927]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[silent film]] directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web\|last1=Crow\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Balidan\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722181305/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=22 July 2015\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|date=2015\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web\|title=Sacrifice\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/sacrifice-movie/19877\|website=gomolo.com\|publisher=Gomolo\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair.<ref name=PKNair>{{cite web\|last1=Nair\|first1=P. K.\|title=India's top ten lost films\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/indias-top-10-lost-films-compiled-by-p-k-nair/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28,<ref name=FilmHeritage>{{cite web\|title=Balidan (Sacrifice) 1927\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/balidan-sacrifice-1927-108-mins/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> it was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards".<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250\|year=2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|page=250}}</ref>		'''''Balidan''''', also called '''''Sacrifice''''', is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1927\|1927]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[silent film]] directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web\|last1=Crow\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Balidan\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722181305/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=22 July 2015\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|date=2015\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web\|title=Sacrifice\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/sacrifice-movie/19877\|website=gomolo.com\|publisher=Gomolo\|accessdate=30 April 2015\|archive-date=16 July 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716195521/http://www.gomolo.com/sacrifice-movie/19877\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair.<ref name=PKNair>{{cite web\|last1=Nair\|first1=P. K.\|title=India's top ten lost films\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/indias-top-10-lost-films-compiled-by-p-k-nair/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28,<ref name=FilmHeritage>{{cite web\|title=Balidan (Sacrifice) 1927\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/balidan-sacrifice-1927-108-mins/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> ''Balidan'' was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards".<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250\|year=2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|page=250}}</ref>

	The film starred the then popular cast of [[Master Vithal]], ~~Sulochana (~~[[Ruby Myers]]), [[Zubeida]], Sultana, Jal Khambata and Jani Babu.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web\|title=Balidan \|url=http://www.citwf.com/film28196.htm \|website=citwf.com \|publisher=Alan Goble \|accessdate=30 April 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717084033/http://www.citwf.com/film28196.htm \|archivedate=17 July 2015}}</ref>		The film starred the then popular cast of [[Master Vithal]], [[Ruby Myers\|Sulochana]], [[Zubeida]], [[Sultana (actress)\|Sultana]], Jal Khambata and Jani Babu.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web\|title=Balidan \|url=http://www.citwf.com/film28196.htm \|website=citwf.com \|publisher=Alan Goble \|accessdate=30 April 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717084033/http://www.citwf.com/film28196.htm \|archivedate=17 July 2015}}</ref>

	A social-reformist costume drama film, written by Tagore in 1887,<ref name=RajadhyakshaWillemen2014 /> it was set in the fictional kingdom of Tippera, and involved clashes between a progressive-minded King and a "tradition-bound priest".<ref name=NYT /> The film was stated to be commercially successful.<ref name=FilmHeritage />		A social-reformist costume drama film, written by Tagore in 1887,<ref name=RajadhyakshaWillemen2014 /> ''Balidan'' was set in the fictional kingdom of Tippera, and involved clashes between a progressive-minded King and a "tradition-bound priest".<ref name=NYT /> The film was stated to be commercially successful.<ref name=FilmHeritage />

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* [[Master Vithal]]		* [[Master Vithal]]
	* Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]])		* Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]])
	* [[Zubeida]]		* [[Zubeida]] as Aparna
	* Sultana		* [[Sultana (actress)\|Sultana]]
	* Jal Khambata		* Jal Khambata
	* Jani Babu		* Jani Babu
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	[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]		[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]
	[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]		[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
	[[Category:Indian silent films]]		[[Category:Indian silent films]]
			[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]
			[[Category:Indian drama films]]
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	\| producer = Orient Pictures Corporation		\| producer = Orient Pictures Corporation
	\| writer = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]<br>Jamshed Ratnagar (screenplay)		\| writer = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]<br>Jamshed Ratnagar (screenplay)
	\| based_on = Bisarjan ~~<small>~~(play)~~</small>~~		\| based_on = Bisarjan (play)
	\| narrator =		\| narrator =
	\| starring = [[Master Vithal]]~~<br>~~Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]])~~<br>~~[[Zubeida]]~~<br>~~Sultana		\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Master Vithal]]\|Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]])\|[[Zubeida]]\|Sultana}}
	\| music =		\| music =
	\| cinematography = Naval Bhatt		\| cinematography = Naval Bhatt
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	\| budget =		\| budget =
	\| gross =		\| gross =
	~~\| preceded_by =~~
	~~\| followed_by =~~
	~~\| website =~~
	}}		}}
	'''''Balidan''''' also called '''''Sacrifice''''', is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1927\|1927]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[silent film]] directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web\|last1=Crow\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Balidan\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722181305/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=22 July 2015\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|date=2015\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web\|title=Sacrifice\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/sacrifice-movie/19877\|website=gomolo.com\|publisher=Gomolo\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair.<ref name=PKNair>{{cite web\|last1=Nair\|first1=P. K.\|title=India's top ten lost films\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/indias-top-10-lost-films-compiled-by-p-k-nair/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28,<ref name=FilmHeritage>{{cite web\|title=Balidan (Sacrifice) 1927\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/balidan-sacrifice-1927-108-mins/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> it was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards".<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250\|year=2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|page=250}}</ref>		'''''Balidan''''' also called '''''Sacrifice''''', is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1927\|1927]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[silent film]] directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web\|last1=Crow\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Balidan\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722181305/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=22 July 2015\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|date=2015\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web\|title=Sacrifice\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/sacrifice-movie/19877\|website=gomolo.com\|publisher=Gomolo\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair.<ref name=PKNair>{{cite web\|last1=Nair\|first1=P. K.\|title=India's top ten lost films\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/indias-top-10-lost-films-compiled-by-p-k-nair/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28,<ref name=FilmHeritage>{{cite web\|title=Balidan (Sacrifice) 1927\|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/balidan-sacrifice-1927-108-mins/\|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in\|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation\|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> it was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards".<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250\|year=2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|page=250}}</ref>

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{{short description|1927 film}}
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| name = Balidan
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = Naval Gandhi
| producer = Orient Pictures Corporation
| writer = [[Rabindranath Tagore]] Jamshed Ratnagar (screenplay)
| based_on = Bisarjan (play)
| narrator =
| starring = [[Master Vithal]] Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]]) [[Zubeida]] Sultana
| music =
| cinematography = Naval Bhatt
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Orient Pictures Corporation
| released = {{film date|1927}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Silent film
| budget =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website =
}}
'''''Balidan''''' also called '''''Sacrifice''''', is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1927|1927]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[silent film]] directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|last1=Crow|first1=Jonathan|title=Balidan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722181305/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249810/Balidan/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2015|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Sacrifice|url=http://www.gomolo.com/sacrifice-movie/19877|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair.<ref name=PKNair>{{cite web|last1=Nair|first1=P. K.|title=India's top ten lost films|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/indias-top-10-lost-films-compiled-by-p-k-nair/|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28,<ref name=FilmHeritage>{{cite web|title=Balidan (Sacrifice) 1927|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/balidan-sacrifice-1927-108-mins/|website=filmheritagefoundation.co.in|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> it was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards".<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=250}}</ref>

The film starred the then popular cast of [[Master Vithal]], Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]]), [[Zubeida]], Sultana, Jal Khambata and Jani Babu.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Balidan |url=http://www.citwf.com/film28196.htm |website=citwf.com |publisher=Alan Goble |accessdate=30 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717084033/http://www.citwf.com/film28196.htm |archivedate=17 July 2015}}</ref>

A social-reformist costume drama film, written by Tagore in 1887,<ref name=RajadhyakshaWillemen2014 /> it was set in the fictional kingdom of Tippera, and involved clashes between a progressive-minded King and a "tradition-bound priest".<ref name=NYT /> The film was stated to be commercially successful.<ref name=FilmHeritage />

==Cast==
* [[Master Vithal]]
* Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]])
* [[Zubeida]]
* Sultana
* Jal Khambata
* Jani Babu
* J. Makhijani

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0214522|title=Balidan (1927)}}

[[Category:1927 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1920s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian silent films]]

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