| Dharti Ke Lal | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| Written by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (screenplay, dialogue), Bijon Bhattacharya (screenplay), Krishan Chander (story), |
| Story by | Krishan Chander |
| Produced by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, IPTA Pictures |
| Starring | Balraj Sahni Tripti Mitra Sombhu Mitra |
| Cinematography | Jamnadas Kapadia |
| Music by | Ravi Shankar |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindustani |
Dharti Ke Lal (Hindi pronunciation: ['d̪ʱəɾ.t̪iː 'keː 'lɑːl]; transl. Children of the Earth) is a 1946 Hindustani film, the first directorial venture of the noted film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K. A. Abbas). It was jointly written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Bijon Bhattacharya, based on plays by Bhattacharya and the story Annadata by Krishan Chander. The film had music by Ravi Shankar, with lyrics by Ali Sardar Jafri, Nemichand Jain, Vamiq, and Prem Dhawan.
The film was based on the Bengal famine of 1943, which killed millions of Bengali people, and was one of the first films in Indian cinema's social-realist movement.[1] In 1949, Dharti Ke Lal also became the first Indian film to receive widespread distribution in the Soviet Union (USSR),[2] which led to the country becoming a major overseas market for Indian films.[1][3]
- ^ a b Rajadhyaksha, Ashish (2016). Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780191034770. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ Dharti Ke Lal Archived 8 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express.
- ^ "With love from India to Russia". Russia Beyond. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2017.