Hum Hindustani (1960)

Directed by

Ram Mukherjee

Country

India

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family loses everything but stays truthful through their struggles. The film follows their journey of honesty and resilience.

heartwarmingfamily-orientedinspirationalupbeatnostalgicsimplesentimental

What happens

Hum Hindustani (Translation We, the Indians ) is a 1960 Hindi movie produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee and directed by Ram Mukherjee. A remake of the 1952 Bengali film Basu Poribar. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Jagirdar, Helen, Leela Chitnis, Agha, Prem Chopra and Sanjeev Kumar in his debut. The film is about a family who lost everything but didn't leave the path of truth. The music is very good.It has a famous song "Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein" (Let go old stories) sung by Mukesh, with music by Usha Khanna and written by IPTA poet, Prem Dhawan. The film's music is by Usha Khanna. The film did "above average" business at the box office. Helen said in an interview that she wasn't offered character roles after this film, until later in career and was typecast as a dancer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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