Description |
1 DVD (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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all regions |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; all regions; 4:3 fullscreen; Dolby digital 5.1. |
Cast |
Balraj Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Yunus Parvaiz, Shauhat Kaifi, Gita, Jalal Agha, Jamal Hashmi, Vikas Anand, Rajendra Raghuvanahi. |
Credits |
Cinematographer, Ishan Arya ; editor, S. Chakraborty ; dialogue and lyrics, Kaifi Azmi. |
Note |
Based on an unpublished short story by Ismat Chughtai. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1973. |
Summary |
Dramatization of the plight of north India's Muslim minority during the Partition upheavals. A Muslim shoe factory owner must decide whether to emigrate to newly-formed Pakistan or remain in his ancestral home and business. |
Note |
Special feature: song. |
Language |
Hindi with English subtitles. |
Subject |
India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Drama.
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India -- History -- 1947- -- Drama.
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India. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
1947- |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Pakistan -- History -- Drama.
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Pakistan. |
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Muslims -- India -- Drama.
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Muslims. |
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Muslims -- Pakistan -- Drama.
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Families -- India -- Drama.
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Families. |
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Families -- Pakistan -- Drama.
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India -- Social conditions -- 1947- -- Drama.
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Social conditions. |
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Pakistan -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Historical films.
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Film adaptations.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Sathyu, M. S. (Mysore Srinivasa), 1930- director.
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Arya, Ishan, producer.
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Siwani, Abu, producer.
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Kaifī Āʻz̤mī, scenarist.
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Zaidi, Shama, 1938- scenarist.
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Sahni, Balraj, actor.
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Haṅgala, E. Ke., actor.
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Parvaiz, Yunus, actor.
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Kaifī, Shaukat, actor.
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Agha, Jalal, actor.
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Cug̲ẖtāʼī, ʻIṛmat, 1915-1991, author.
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Siddharth, Gita.
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Unit 3 MM (Firm)
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India International Toronto (Firm)
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Added Title |
Garma havā |
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Hot winds |
Note |
Title on container and videodisc: Garam hawa |
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Also known as: Garm hawa |
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Also known as: Scorching winds |
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