Saat Hindustani is a 1969 film written and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film portrays the heroic story of seven Indians who attempt to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule. The cast included Utpal Dutt, Madhu, A. K. Hangal and Amitabh Bachchan who made his debut with this film. Bachchan Sir played one of the Indians captured by the enemy nation as POW. He played the role of a Muslim poet.
A Muslim poet Anwar Ali (Amitabh Bachchan) hails from Bihar and five
other men, all belonging from different religions and different parts of
India join their seventh comrade Maria (Shehnaz), a native of
Portuguese-occupied Goa, to raise nationalist sentiments in that state
by hoisting Indian flag on Portuguese forts and buildings.
Bachchan Sir won National Film Awards for Best Newcomer
Cast
Utpal Dutt as Joginder Nath
Madhu as Shabut Shanyal (Malayalam Actor)
Shenaaz as Maria (as Shahnaz)
Irshad Ali as Mahadevan
Anwar Ali as Ram Bhagat Sharma
Amitabh Bachchan as Anwar Ali Anwar
Jalal Agha as Sakharam Shinde
A. K. Hangal as Doctor
Dina Pathak
Crew
Direction - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Story - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Screenplay - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Dialogue - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Production - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Cinematography - S. Ramachandra
Editing - Mohan Rathod
Audiography - Minoo Bawa, B. P. Bharucha
Music Direction - J. P. Kaushik
Lyrics - Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer - Mahendra Kapoor
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