Dharti Ke Lal

Dharti Ke Lal (transl. Children of the Earth) is a 1946 Hindustani film, the first directorial venture of the noted film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K. A. Abbas). It was jointly written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Bijon Bhattacharya, based on plays by Bhattacharya and the story Annadata by Krishan Chander. The film had music by Ravi Shankar, with lyrics by Ali Sardar Jafri, Nemichand Jain, Vamiq, and Prem Dhawan.

Dharti Ke Lal
Directed byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
Written byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas (screenplay, dialogue),
Bijon Bhattacharya (screenplay),
Krishan Chander (story),
Story byKrishan Chander
Produced byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas,
IPTA Pictures
StarringBalraj Sahni
Tripti Mitra
Sombhu Mitra
CinematographyJamnadas Kapadia
Music byRavi Shankar
Release date
  • 30 August 1946 (30 August 1946)
Running time
125 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindustani

The film was based on the Bengal famine of 1943, which killed millions of Bengali people, and was one of the first films in Indian cinema's social-realist movement. In 1949, Dharti Ke Lal also became the first Indian film to receive widespread distribution in the Soviet Union (USSR), which led to the country becoming a major overseas market for Indian films.

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