Balidan

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Balidan
Directed byNaval Gandhi
Written by Rabindranath Tagore
Jamshed Ratnagar (screenplay)
Based onBisarjan (play)
Produced byOrient Pictures Corporation
Starring
CinematographyNaval Bhatt
Production
company
Orient Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • 1927 (1927)
CountryIndia
LanguageSilent film

Balidan, also called Sacrifice, is a 1927 Indian silent film directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by Rabindranath Tagore. [1] It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation. [2] Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair. [3] Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28, [4] Balidan was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards". [5]

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The film starred the then popular cast of Master Vithal, Sulochana, Zubeida, Sultana, Jal Khambata and Jani Babu. [6]

A social-reformist costume drama film, written by Tagore in 1887, [5] Balidan was set in the fictional kingdom of Tippera, and involved clashes between a progressive-minded King and a "tradition-bound priest". [1] The film was stated to be commercially successful. [4]

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References

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