Saat Hindustani

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Saat Hindustani
Directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Produced by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas(Story, Screenplay & Dialogue)
Starring Utpal Dutt
Amitabh Bachchan
Jalal Agha
Music by J.P. Kaushik
Kaifi Azmi(Lyrics)
Cinematography S. Ramachandra
Editing by Mohan Rathod
Release date(s) 1969
Running time 144 min
Country Image:Flag of India.svg India
Language Hindi
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Saat Hindustani (Devanagari: सात हिन्दुस्तानी, Nastaliq: سات ہندوستانی, translation: Seven Indians) is a 1969 film written and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.

Amitabh Bachchan made his debut with this film.

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[edit] Awards

It won the 1970 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, and Lyric-Writer Of The Best Film Song On National Integration for Kaifi Azmi.

[edit] Overview

The was a part history (a team of guerrillas is sent to destabilize Goa in advance of the Indian troops) and part plea for national unity. It portrays the heroic story of seven Indians who attempt to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule. [1]

[edit] Synopsis

A Muslim poet Anwar Ali (Amitabh Bachchan), and five other men all belonging from different religions, and from different parts of the India join their seventh comrade, Maria (Shehnaz), a native of Portuguese-occupied Goa, to raise nationalist sentiment in that state by hoisting Indian flags on Portuguese forts and buildings.

In the process they find unity and abandon their religious and regional differences.

The film begins with a dying Maria who summons her former comrades and ends with the comrades assembling before her and reiterating their faith in nationalism.

[edit] Cast

Amitabh Bachchan made his debut with this film. Bachchan played one of the Indians captured by the enemy nation as POW. He played the role of a Muslim poet, showing early promise for a very successful later career. Amitabh Bachchan won 1970 National Film Award as the "Best Newcomer" for his performance. [2][3]

[edit] Songs of Saat Hindustani

Music by J.P. Kaushik, Lyrics by Kaifi Azmi
Singer: Mahendra Kapoor

1. Aandhi Aaye Ki Toofan Koyee Gam Nahin

2. Ek manzil pe sabki nigaahen rahen

3. Yoon badhi jaise lehraake dhaara badhe

4. Zulm had se badhega to ghat jaayega

[edit] References

  1. ^ K.A. Abbas (1914-1987)
  2. ^ INDIA-EU Film Initiative - Amitabh Bachchan profile.
  3. ^ 'I felt I did a good job in Black', Rediff.com interview, August 9, 2007.

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