Saat Hindustani (1969)

     


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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