Kabuliwala

Overview

Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini who reminds him of his own daughter back in Afghanistan. One day Rehmat receives news of his daughter’s illness and decides to return to Afghanistan. But before he goes a violent fight with a customer leads to Rehmat killing him. He gets out of prison ten years later. Based on a Rabindranath Tagore story.

Director: Tapan Sinha

Cast

Chhabi Biswas

Rahmat

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Oindrila Tagore

Mini

Radhamohan Bhattacharya

Girl's Father

Manju Dey

Girl's Mother

Kali Bannerjee