Mehboob KhanCast
Sardar Akhtar 
Surendra Yakub
Credits
Written by: Babubhai A. Mehta
Plot
Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperament.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mehboob Khan's 1940 social drama tells of a peasant woman who fights poverty and a moneylender to raise her sons. Sardar Akhtar is strong in the film he remade, more famously, as Mother India.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (54 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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