---
title: 'Balidan (1927)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Naval Gandhi'
released: '1927-01-01'
countries:
  - 'British Raj'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/balidan-1927'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214522/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Balidan (1927)

1927 · British Raj


## Synopsis

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

## Credits

- **Director:** [Naval Gandhi](https://cinepixo.com/people/naval-gandhi)
- **Screenplay:** [Rabindranath Tagore](https://cinepixo.com/people/rabindranath-tagore)

## Cast

- [Zubeida](https://cinepixo.com/people/zubeida)
- [Master Vithal](https://cinepixo.com/people/master-vithal)

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