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
30 August 1946 (30 August 1946)
Running time
125 mins
Country
India
Language
Hindustani
Usha Dutt and Shombhu Mitra in Dharti Ke Lal
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]
^ abRajadhyaksha, 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.
April 1973) was an Indian film and stage actor, who is best known for DhartiKeLal (1946), Do Bigha Zameen (1953), Chhoti Bahen (1959), Kabuliwala (1961)...
parallel or neo-realistic cinema. As a director, he made Hindustani films. DhartiKeLal (1946), about the Bengal famine of 1943, which was one of Indian cinema's...
Indian peasants for their feudal land-owners), was made into the film DhartiKeLal (1946) by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – which led to his being offered work regularly...
Bohurupee in 1948. She has acted in films like Jukti Takko Aar Gappo and DhartiKeLal. She was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition...
Bohurupee theatre group in Kolkata in 1948. He is most noted for films like DhartiKeLal (1946), Jagte Raho (1956), and his production of Rakta Karabi based...
Ravi Shankar was asked to compose the music for the K. A. Abbas film DhartiKeLal and the Chetan Anand movie Neecha Nagar. During this time, Ravi Shankar...
ground for realism in Indian cinema, exemplified by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's DhartiKeLal (Children of the Earth, 1946). The IPTA movement continued to emphasise...
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar Jaan Lebu Ka Ho Kachche Dhaage Kare La Kamaal DhartiKeLal Katta Tanal Dupatta Par Khoon Bhari Hamar Maang Laadla Maine Dil Tujhko...
Association, for whom he composed music for ballets in 1945 and 1946, DhartiKeLal, 1946. Shankar recomposed the music for the popular song "Sare Jahan...
debut in IPTA's first film production, directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, DhartiKeLal in 1946; she followed it up with another IPTA-supported film, Neecha...
also eulogised him in the song Mere Desh Ki Dharti when the hero exclaims, Rang Lal hai Lal Bahadur se. Lal Bahadur Shastri, a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language...
prominence in Hindi cinema. Early examples of parallel cinema include DhartiKeLal (1946), directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and based on the Bengal famine...
by Ravi Shankar with lyrics by Mammohan Anand and Vishwamitra Adil. "Utho Ke Hame Waqt Ki Gardish" - chorus "Kab Tak Gahri Raat Rahegi" - Lakshmi Shankar...
v t e Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K. A. Abbas) Director DhartiKeLal (1946) Aaj Aur Kal (1947) Rahi (1952) Anhonee (1952) Munna (1954) Pardesi (Journey Beyond...
mythological films, including Mr. X (1957), Zimbo Comes to Town (1960), Lal Qila (1960) and the blockbuster Kangan (1959) starring Nirupa Roy and Ashok...
Lakshminarayan Lal (4 March 1927 – 20 November 1987) was an Indian playwright, critic, and a novelist who wrote in Hindi. He worked in many genres of...
and Neele Gagan ke tale (Hamraaz). His name however became most closely associated with patriotic songs including Mere Desh Ki Dharti in Manoj Kumar's...
(1962) as Choudhary Bhagwandas Naughty Boy (1962) as R.L. Mathur 'Matur' Aeh Dharti Punjab Di (1963) Gehra Daag (1963) as Ramesh Ek Raaz (1963) as Chunilal...
Midnight Manhunt Hal Walker – Out of This World Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – DhartiKeLal Chetan Anand – Neecha Nagar Ingmar Bergman – Crisis John Berry – Miss...
later, he was rearrested. His important works as a lyricist include DhartiKeLal (1946) and Pardesi (1957) . Between 1948 and 1978 he published eight...
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