Film

Mirza Ghalib

7.019542h 25mDrama Music Romance

Director: Sohrab Modi
Year: 1954

A fictionalized account of the life of poet and nobleman Mirza Ghalib during the reign of the last Mughal Emperor, told through the lens of his ill-fated love for a beautiful courtesan he called Chaudhvin.

Top cast

Bharat Bhushan

Mirza Ghalib

Suraiya

Chaudhvin, formerly Moti Begum

Nigar Sultana

Umrao Begum

Durga Khote

Chaudhvin's mother (Amma)

Mukri

Lala Mathuradas

Ulhas

Kotwal Hashmat Khan

Iftekhar

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Murad

Mufti Sadruddin

Kumkum

Courtesan

Roshan

Baij Sharma

Directed by

Sohrab Modi

Written by

J.K. Nanda

Produced by

Sohrab Modi