---
title: 'Mother India (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mehboob Khan'
released: '1957-02-14'
runtime_minutes: 172
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mother-india-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050188/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mother India (1957)

1957 · 172 min · Drama · India

Original title: मदर इण्डिया

## Synopsis

Mother India is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film Aurat (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village woman named Radha (Nargis), who in the absence of her husband, struggles to raise her sons and survive against a cunning money-lender amidst many troubles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mehboob Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehboob-khan)
- **Producer:** [Mehboob Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehboob-khan)
- **Screenplay:** [S. Ali Raza](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-ali-raza)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Naushad](https://cinepixo.com/people/naushad)
- **Director of Photography:** [Faredoon Irani](https://cinepixo.com/people/faredoon-irani)

## Cast

- [Kumkum](https://cinepixo.com/people/kumkum)
- [Rajendra Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajendra-kumar)
- [Sunil Dutt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sunil-dutt)
- [Jilloo Maa](https://cinepixo.com/people/jilloo-maa)
- [Sajid Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sajid-khan)
- [Mukri](https://cinepixo.com/people/mukri)
- [Nargis](https://cinepixo.com/people/nargis) as Radha Patel
- [Raaj Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/raaj-kumar)
- [Kanhaiyalal](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanhaiyalal)

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