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Where to watch Mother India (1957) starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and directed by Mehboob Khan. Mother India is a landmark film in Indian cinema that showcases the strength and dignity of Indian women. It was India 's first submission for the Academy Awards in 1958, and it influenced the global audience with its themes of poverty, social justice, and resilience. Mother India : Directed by Mehboob Khan. With Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar. In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code. Mother India combines a striking use of red earth tones with sensational scenes of rural festivity, deploying them to create a glamorous family drama that unfolds in the unlikely setting of the village. The film opens with Soviet-style imagery of tractors that till a verdant, thriving land set against the backdrop of a newly constructed dam. Asked to inaugurate the dam, an old Radha, seen in extreme close-up, shakes her severely lined, worn face in disbelief. Contemporary audiences would ...
