Film · 1954
145 min · Directed by Sohrab Modi
A fictionalized account of the life of poet and nobleman Mirza Ghalib during the reign of the last Mughal Emperor, told through the lens of his ill-fated love for a beautiful courtesan he called Chaudhvin.
Bharat Bhushan
Mirza Ghalib
Suraiya
Chaudhvin, formerly Moti Begum
Nigar Sultana
Umrao Begum
Durga Khote
Chaudhvin's mother (Amma)
Mukri
Lala Mathuradas
Ulhas
Kotwal Hashmat Khan
Iftekhar
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Murad
Mufti Sadruddin
Kumkum
Courtesan
Roshan
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