Saat Hindustani

Saat Hindustani (English: Seven Indians) is a 1969 Indian action film written and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film portrays the heroic story of seven Indians who attempt to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule. The cast included Madhu, Utpal Dutt, Shehnaz, A. K. Hangal, Anwar Ali (brother of Indian comedian Mehmood), and Amitabh Bachchan who made his debut with this film.[3]

Saat Hindustani
Directed byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
Produced byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
Manmohan Sabir
Story byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
StarringMadhu
Shehnaz
Utpal Dutt
Amitabh Bachchan
Jalal Agha
Anwar Ali
Music byJ.P. Kaushik
Kaifi Azmi (lyrics) Utpal Dutt
CinematographyS. Ramachandra
Edited byMohan Rathod
Release date
  • 7 November 1969 (1969-11-07)
Running time
144 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi-Urdu[1]
Box office₹810,000 (net)[2]

Overview

Saat Hindustani portrays the story of seven Indians who attempt to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule.[4]

Synopsis

A Muslim poet Anwar Ali (Amitabh Bachchan) from Bihar and five other men, all belonging from different religions and parts of India, join their seventh comrade Maria (Shehnaz Vahanvaty), a native of Portuguese-occupied Goa, to raise nationalist sentiments in the state by hoisting Indian flags on Portuguese forts and buildings.

Cast

Crew
  • Direction - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
  • Story - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
  • Screenplay - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
  • Dialogue - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
  • Production - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
  • Production Secretary - N. M. Trivedi
  • Cinematography - S. Ramachandra
  • Editing - Mohan Rathod
  • Audiography - Minoo Bawa, B. P. Bharucha
      • sp. Back Ground Music Recording Satish J Kaushik
  • Music Direction - J. P. Kaushik
      • asst. Sunil Kaushik
  • Lyrics - Kaifi Azmi
  • Playback Singer - Mahendra Kapoor

Awards
National Film Awards

References
  1. Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Books. ISBN 9789352140084.
  2. "Saat Hindustani - Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. "Filmography: Amitabh Bachchan". Hindustan Times. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. K.A. Abbas (1914-1987)
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