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Released
1957 · FILM

Mother India

A determined village woman battles poverty and a ruthless money-lender to raise her sons and uphold her integrity in the face of relentless hardship.

Showing the path is easy, but walking it is hard.

Directed by
Runtime
175 min
Language
HI
ActionComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

A woman living in poverty raises her sons through numerous trials and tribulations. Despite the challenges, she remains steadfast in adhering to her own moral code.

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Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Shamsudin KadriShot by Faredoon A IraniScored by Naushad

Also known as

  • Bharat Matade
  • Mother Indiade
  • Bharathambaen
  • Mother Indiaen
  • Madre Indiaes
  • Mother Indiafr
  • Madre Indiait

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