Bhakta Vidur

Bhakta Vidur
Directed byKanjibhai Rathod
StarringSee below
Production
company
Kohinoor Film Company
Release date
  • 1921 (1921)
CountryIndia
LanguageSilent

Bhakta Vidur (Hindi: भक्त विदुर, "Devotion of Vidura") is a 1921 silent Indian film directed by Kanjibhai Rathod and made under Kohinoor Film Company banner.[1] In this film the Hindu mythological character Vidura was moulded on the personality of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. This was the first Indian film to face a ban.[2][3][4]

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