Movie

Kabuliwala

1957 · 116 min

A tender, sorrowful story of an unlikely friendship, unfolding with quiet dignity and ending on a note of bittersweet loss.

Overview: Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini who reminds him of his own daughter back in Afghanistan. One day Rehmat receives news of his daughter’s illness and decides to return to Afghanistan. But before he goes a violent fight with a customer leads to Rehmat killing him. He gets out of prison ten years later. Based on a Rabindranath Tagore story.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Parenthood, isolation, friendship, grief
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
isolation
friendship
grief
redemption
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none