Watch
Eros Now Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel Amazon Video
Mother India

Mother India

1957
Drama, Musical
2h 52m
It is the tale that is constantly repeated in real life. When Radha was married, her mother-in-law borrowed five hundred rupees from the village money-lender, Sukhilala. The payment plan was simple: each year, Sukhilala would get one-fourth of the crop they grew. That was what Radha's mother-in-law thought was the deal. Sukhilala had actually taken advantage of her lack of education and written in the contract that he would receive three quarters of the crop.(imdb)
Your probable score
?

Mother India

1957
Drama, Musical
2h 52m
Your probable score
Avg Percentile 51.15% from 99 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(99)
Compact view
Compact view
Rated 21 May 2011
82
67th
Somewhat long and uneven, but still a pretty entertaining film with a decent story, some good but simplistic commentary and good songs. The best part were the beautiful painterly shots.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
55
28th
# 899
Rated 19 Dec 2008
60
20th
794
Rated 03 Mar 2012
54
10th
The film sports stunning cinematography. Sometimes the editing is sloppy, but the visuals are often breathtaking. And the songs are generally quite nice. If I was judging the movie solely on aesthetic value, it would score quite high. But sadly, I just didn't really get anything out of the story, characters or themes. Yes, there is some social commentary, but none of it felt very sophisticated to me. It was worth seeing for the gorgeous photography, otherwise I was not very thrilled with it.
Rated 14 Sep 2013
7
73rd
An epic piece of classic storytelling. Overlong but great cinematography
Rated 27 Mar 2018
80
68th
A melodrama so melodramatic its elevated to epic & mythic proportions. Often-compared to Gone With the Wind, this is film is usually cited as, for better or for worse, the leading influence in defining Indian womanhood.
Rated 18 Sep 2022
70
41st
Solid and often beautiful Bollywood melodrama. Nargis is really good in the role. The relationship between her and Birju is well told. It's rough around the edges (some weird editing, I'm not sure if Birju is supposed to come off as quite as unlikeable as he does throughout the entirety of the movie, and it doesn't need to be this long.)

Collections

(25)
Compact view
Showing 1 - 24 of 25 results

Similar Titles

Loading ...

Statistics

Loading ...

Trailer

No Trailer