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{{Infobox film
| name = Kundan
| image = Kundan_1955.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Sohrab Modi]]
| producer = Sohrab Modi
| writer = Pandit Sudarshan (screenplay)
| starring = [[Sohrab Modi]] [[Nimmi]] [[Sunil Dutt]] [[Ulhas (actor)|Ulhas]] [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
| music = [[Ghulam Mohammed (composer)|Ghulam Mohammed]] [[Shakeel Badayuni]] (lyrics)
| cinematography = M. N. Malhotra Lateef Bhandare
| editing = P. Bhalchandra
| distributor =
| studio = Minerva Movietone
| released = 1955
| runtime = 121 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Urdu|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Kundan''''' is a 1955 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language social drama film produced and directed by [[Sohrab Modi]] for Minerva Movietone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/kundan-movie/2573|title=Kundan|publisher=Gomolo.com|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> The Screenplay was by Pandit Sudarshan, with dialogues by Munshi Abdul Baqui and Pandit Sudarshan. The music was composed by [[Ghulam Mohammed (composer)|Ghulam Mohammed]], with lyrics by [[Shakeel Badayuni]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/ut375110/songs/#tabs|title=Songs-Kundan|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> [[Nimmi]]'s dual role in the film as mother and daughter was acclaimed critically,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/nimmi |title=Nimmi|publisher=The Rest|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> while [[Ulhas (actor)|Ulhas]] won a nomination in the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]] category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366347.cms|title=The Nominations-1955|publisher=Times Internet Limited|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> The film co-starred Sohrab Modi, [[Sunil Dutt]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], [[Murad (actor)|Murad]], Baby [[Naaz (actress)|Naaz]], [[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]], [[Om Prakash]] and [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film190313.htm |title=Kundan|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref>

Based on [[Victor Hugo]]'s 1862 novel, ''[[Les Misérables]]'',<ref name="Hallépée">{{cite book|author=Victor Hugo, présenté par Didier Hallépée|title=Les Misérables – 4 – Gavroche|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knBZJA4bN6cC&pg=PA18|access-date=26 December 2014|publisher=les écrivains de Fondcombe|isbn=978-2-35451-205-7|pages=18–}}</ref> the film had Modi playing a poverty-stricken young man who gets into trouble with the police for stealing a loaf of bread. Over the years, he avoids a policeman who is on his trail even as he tries to live an honest life.

==Plot==
The film starts with Kundan ([[Sohrab Modi]]) stealing a loaf of bread from a kitchen and running home with it to feed his young niece Radha, and ailing mother. He is arrested, and in court he says that he had tried to find work, begged, and in the end was forced to steal. The judge sentences him to two years in prison. His niece visits him in jail telling him of his mother's death. Kundan bends the iron rods and escapes, but is caught. He is imprisoned for a further five years for trying to escape. The second time he tries to do so, he gets an additional seven years. Kundan spends a total of fourteen years in prison doing hard labour. Radha ([[Nimmi]]) is married to Gopal ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]) and they have a baby girl Uma. Gopal, who is in bad company, and a crook get her to part with all her jewellery and he disappears with it. Radha and her baby find refuge with a tea-stall owner ([[Om Prakash]]) and his wife ([[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama)]]), who employ her to work for them for minimal wages. Kundan, on release from jail, sets out to find Radha. He has been told by the jail authorities, including Inspector Sher Singh ([[Ulhas (actor)|Ulhas]]), a devout policeman, to keep them informed about his whereabouts and to present himself regularly at the police station. When he returns to his locality, he is unable to find Radha, and the neighbours drive him away, calling him a dacoit.

Kundan, on being turned away by everyone, finally finds a saviour in Gurudev ([[Murad (actor)|Murad]]), a priest, who helps him find himself and introduces him to making pottery and earning money. Kundan does well for himself and meets up with Radha and Uma. Radha dies from an illness and Kundan brings up Uma. Inspector Sher Singh meanwhile, is after him all the time. A grown Uma (Nimmi) meets Amrit ([[Sunil Dutt]]), a freedom fighter involved in the [[Quit India Movement]] against the British. Amrit and Uma fall in love, but Amrit has the police after him. In a fight between the revolutionaries and the police, Sher Singh is imprisoned by them, but subsequently let free by Kundan. Amrit gets injured and Singh tries to arrest him. Kundan knocks the policeman down and escapes through a drainage with Amrit. When the Inspector comes looking for them again, there is a confrontation between Kundan and the Inspector while Amrit lies wounded. Kundan tells Sher Singh that he will give himself up to the police if he allows Amrit to get treatment. Sher Singh agrees to let Amrit's wounds be treated and waits as the doctor attends him. When Amrit recovers, Kundan goes down to find a note written by the Inspector, in which he states that he's letting two people wanted by the police to go free, hence his only salvation for not doing his duty is to kill himself. Kundan manages to see the Inspector jumping into the river. Amrit and Uma are reunited with a repentant Gopal asking Kundan's forgiveness.

==Cast==
* [[Sohrab Modi]] as Kundan
* [[Nimmi]] as Radha/Uma
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Gopal, Radha's husband
* [[Ulhas (actor)|Ulhas]] as Inspector Sher Singh
* [[Sunil Dutt]] as Amrit
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Gurudev
* [[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]]
* [[Om Prakash]] as Uma's foster father
* [[Kumari Naaz|Naaz]] as young Radha/Uma
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as Uma's foster mother
* Roopmala
* Khwaja Sabir
* Dar Kashmiri
* Shakeel Noorani
* Saadat Ali

==Production Crew==
Modi had Art Director Rusi K. Banker design similar underground drainage sets, as in the sets of the film [[Les Misérables (1952 film)|Les Misérables]] (1952).<ref name=Gangar>{{cite book|last1=Gangar|first1=Amrit|title=Sohrab Modi The Great Mughal of Historicals|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Tree|location=New Delhi, India|isbn=9788183281089|pages=91}}</ref> The crew included:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/kundan-movie-cast-crew/2573|title=Cast and Crew Kundan|publisher=Gomolo.com|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref>

* Director: [[Sohrab Modi]]
* Producer: Sohrab Modi
* Screenplay: Pandit Sudarshan
* Dialogue: Munshi Abdul Baqui, Pandit Sudarshan
* Cinematographer: M. N. Malhotra, Lateef, Bhandare
* Editor: P. Bhalchandra
* Art Director: Rusi K. Banker
* Costumes Designer: D. Aradhaye, M. V. Dubashi
* Audiographer: M. Eduljee
* Studio: Minerva Movietone
* Colour Consultant: Aba Joshi, D. Shirdhankar
* Make Up: Rajaram Saranjame
* Choreography: Morey
* Music Director [[Ghulam Mohammed (composer)|Ghulam Mohammed]]
* Lyrics: [[Shakeel Badayuni]]

==Awards==
Ulhas was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]].

==Soundtrack==
The film had music directed by Ghulam Mohammed, with the lyrics written by Shakeel Badayuni. The playback singers were [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Geeta Dutt]], [[S. D. Batish]], [[Mubarak Begum]] and [[Sudha Malhotra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/kundan.htm|title=Kundan|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref>

===Song list===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Naujavano Bharat Ki Taqdir Bana Do"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| 2
| "Shikayat Kya Karun Donon Taraf Gam Kaa Fasana Hai"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 3
| "Jahan Wale Hamein Duniya Mein"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 4
| "Meri Aankhon Ke Tare Mere Dil Ke Sahare"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 5
| "Yeh Baharon Ke Din, Yeh Suhana Sama"
| Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
|-
| 6
| "Matwale O Matwale Naino Ke Teer"
| Lata Mangeshkar, [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
| 7
| "Hosh Mein Aao Murakh Bande"
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
| 8
| "Meri Jaan Gair Ko Tum Paan Khilaya"
| Mohammed Rafi, [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| 9
| "Aao Hamare Hotal Mein"
| S. D. Batish, Sudha Malhotra
|-
| 10
| "Mera Bhola Balam"
| Mubarak Begum
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0048271 |title =Kundan (1955) }}
*[http://muvyz.com/moviepage/ut375110/songs/#tabs Songs] at Muvyz, Inc.

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[[Category:1955 films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1955 drama films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on Les Misérables]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sohrab Modi]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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