DARAKHT-E DOOSTI – TREE OF FRIENDSHIP

Celebrating 70 Years of Indo-Iran Friendship

 

Mirza Ghalib (145 min; 1954; dvd; b/w; Hindi/Urdu)

Director: Sohrab Modi

 

With Bharat Bhushan, Suraiya, Nigar Sultana

 

Recipient of the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction – Black & White, Filmfare Awards 1956; and President’s Gold Medal for Best Feature Film, National Film Awards, India 1955

 

The film will be introduced by Dr. Murali Ranganathan

 

Sohrab Modi’s acclaimed film based on the life of the well-known poet Mirza Ghalib.  The film depicts an episode in the life of Ghalib during the reign of the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar. It tells the story of Ghalib’s love and admiration for Moti Begum, who he named "Chaudhvin" (moon-faced)

 

(Collaboration with Parzor; and Institute of Indo Persian Studies)