By ApunKaChoice Bureau Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com
Director Mehboob Khan’s 1957 classic ‘Mother India’ is a moving story of human struggle.
The film focuses around a mother's (Nargis) relationship with her two sons (Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar). Her husband (Raaj Kumar), who is a farmer, loses his arms after an accident and leaves the house as he doesn't want anybody's pity. His wife then has to look after her three sons and tend to the fields. Floods destroy the village and one son falls prey to the calamity. The strong-willed woman shows no signs of giving up. One son turns into an outlaw but she doesn't give in even then. She and her second son fight the circumstances and come out of each trouble.
‘Mother India’ was Nargis’ big chance to prove she could deliver hits outside the Raj Kapoor ambit. It was one of the first films she signed after working exclusively with Kapoor for half a decade.
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Raaj Kumar, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar Mother India was their first major success.
