Badal | |
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Directed by | Amiya Chakravarty |
Screenplay by | Rajendra Shankar |
Story by | Amiya Chakravarty |
Produced by | Bhagwan Das Varma |
Starring | Madhubala Prem Nath |
Cinematography | V. Baba Saheb |
Edited by | Ramrao Ghatke Vinayak Joshi D. B. Joshi |
Music by | Shankar–Jaikishan |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Varma Films |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindustani |
Box office | est. ₹0.9 crore (est. ₹645.3 crore as of 2016)[1] |
Badal is a 1951 Indian Hindustani-language romantic action film directed by Amiya Chakravarty and produced by Bhagwan Das Varma. Starring Madhubala, Prem Nath (in the title role) and Purnima, the film tells the story of a common man named Badal, who wants to exact revenge upon the Jagirdar for killing his father but ends up falling for his daughter Ratna.[2] Released in May 1951, Badal became one of the biggest box-office hits of the year.[3] The film title comes from the Persian word for revenge. It was remade in Telugu as Jayam Manade (1956).[4]