| Hum Hindustani | |
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| Directed by | Ram Mukherjee |
| Produced by | Sashadhar Mukherjee |
| Starring | Sunil Dutt Asha Parekh Helen Joy Mukherjee |
| Music by | Usha Khanna |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Hum Hindustani (Translation We, the Indians ) is a 1960 Hindi movie produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee and directed by Ram Mukherjee. A remake of the 1952 Bengali film Basu Poribar.[1] The film stars Sunil Dutt, Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Jagirdar, Helen, Leela Chitnis, Agha, Prem Chopra and Sanjeev Kumar in his debut.[2] The film is about a family who lost everything but didn't leave the path of truth. The music is very good.It has a famous song "Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein" (Let go old stories) sung by Mukesh,[3] with music by Usha Khanna and written by IPTA poet, Prem Dhawan.[4]
The film's music is by Usha Khanna. The film did "above average" business at the box office.[5] Helen said in an interview that she wasn't offered character roles after this film, until later in career and was typecast as a dancer.[6]
- ^ "10 Old and Gold Bengali Movies Which Inspired Bollywood to Remake". 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya (24 January 2014). Nothing But!: Book Five: All Is Fair In Love And War. Author Solutions, Incorporated. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-4828-1731-7.
- ^ Bhawana Sommya / Jigna Kothari / Supriya Madangarli (9 January 2013). Mother Maiden Mistress. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 1950–. ISBN 978-93-5029-485-7.
- ^ Heidi R.M. Pauwels (2007). Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics. Routledge. pp. 344–. ISBN 978-1-134-06254-6.
- ^ BoxOffice India.com Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jerry Pinto (2006). Helen: The Life and Times of an H-bomb. Penguin Books India. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-14-303124-6.