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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kabuliwala (1961)<br />
| image = Kabuliwala1961dvd.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Hemen Gupta]]<br />
| producer = [[Bimal Roy]]<br />[[Leela Desai]] (assoc.)<br />
| writer = Vishram Bedekar<br />S. Khalil<br />
| based_on = {{based on|[[Kabuliwala (short story)|Kabuliwala]]|[[Rabindranath Tagore]]}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Balraj Sahni]] <br /> [[Usha Kiran]] <br />Sajjan<br />Sonu.<br />
| music = [[Salil Choudhury]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Kamal Bose]]<br />
| editing = Madhu Prabhavalkar<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 14 December 1961<br />
| runtime = 134 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kabuliwala''''' ({{lang-hi|काबुलीवाला}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1961|1961]] [[Bollywood|Hindi]] film based on the 1892 short story "[[Kabuliwala (short story)|Kabuliwala]]", by the Bengali writer [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. It was directed by [[Hemen Gupta]] and starred [[Balraj Sahni]], [[Usha Kiran]], Sajjan, Sonu and Baby Farida.<ref>[http://www.indiaabroad.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/30dinesh.htm "Of Kabuliwala and Unconditional Love"], by [[Dinesh Raheja]], [[Rediff.com]]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715170311/http://www.indiaabroad.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/30dinesh.htm |date=15 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018235841/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/152394/Kabuliwala/overview Kabuliwala][[New York Times]]. </ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Balraj Sahni]] as Abdul Rehman Khan<br />
* Sonu as Mini<br />
* [[Usha Kiran]] as Rama, Mini's mother<br />
* Padma<br />
* Laxmi<br />
* Sarita Devi<br />
* Anwari Bai<br />
* Leela Agha<br />
* [[Baby Farida]]<br />
* [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Bhola<br />
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==Background==<br />
Gupta had remained private secretary to [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], and went on to direct many films including ''Taksaal'' (1956), also starring [[Balraj Sahni]], and his tribute ''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose]]'' (1966).<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Music – [[Salil Choudhury]]; Lyrics – Prem Dhawan, [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]<br />
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* "Aye Mere Pyaare Watan" – [[Manna Dey]] (Lyrics: Prem Dhawan)<br />
* "Ganga Aaye Kahan Se" – [[Hemant Kumar]]<br />
* "Kabuliwala" – [[Hemant Kumar]], [[Usha Mangeshkar]]<br />
* "O Ya Qurbaan" – [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=55039|title=Kabuliwala (1961)}}<br />
* {{Amg movie|152394|Kabuliwala (1961)}}<br />
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[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1961 films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on short fiction]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Salil Chowdhury]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Hemen Gupta]]</div>
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