Kundan | |
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Directed by | Sohrab Modi |
Written by | Pandit Sudarshan (screenplay) |
Produced by | Sohrab Modi |
Starring | Sohrab Modi Sunil Dutt Nimmi |
Cinematography | M. N. Malhotra Lateef Bhandare |
Edited by | P. Balchandra |
Music by | Ghulam Mohammed |
Production company | Minerva Movietone |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Kundan is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language social drama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi for Minerva Movietone. The film stars Sohrab Modi, Sunil Dutt, Nimmi, Pran, Om Prakash, Kumkum, Naaz, Murad, Ulhas,Manorama.[1] The Screenplay was by Pandit Sudarshan, with dialogues by Munshi Abdul Baqui and Pandit Sudarshan. The music was composed by Ghulam Mohammed, with lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. Nimmi's double role in the film as mother and daughter was acclaimed critically,[2] while Ulhas won a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category.[3]
Based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, Les Misérables,[4] 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.