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# Mother India (1957): cast and crew

13 cast and 9 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Nargis](https://film.one/person/nargis.md) as Radha
- [Sunil Dutt](https://film.one/person/sunil-dutt.md) as Birju
- [Rajendra Kumar](https://film.one/person/rajendra-kumar.md) as Ramu
- [Raaj Kumar](https://film.one/person/raaj-kumar.md) as Shamu
- [Kanhaiyalal](https://film.one/person/kanhaiyalal-chaturvedi.md) as Sukhilala
- [Kumkum](https://film.one/person/kumkum.md) as Champa Chanchal
- [Mukri](https://film.one/person/mukri-14084.md) as Shambu
- [Sheela Naik](https://film.one/person/sheela-naik.md) as Kamla Siddiqui
- [Azra](https://film.one/person/azra.md) as Chandra
- [Sajid Khan](https://film.one/person/sajid-khan.md) as Young Birju
- [Jillo](https://film.one/person/jillo.md) as Shamu's mother
- [Siddiqui](https://film.one/person/siddiqui.md)
- Ram Shastri

## Directing

- [Mehboob Khan](https://film.one/person/mehboob-khan.md): Director

## Writing

- Wajahat Mirza: Dialogue
- S. Ali Raza: Dialogue

## Production

- [Mehboob Khan](https://film.one/person/mehboob-khan.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Faredoon A. Irani](https://film.one/person/faredoon-a-irani.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Shamsudin Kadri](https://film.one/person/shamsudin-kadri.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Naushad](https://film.one/person/naushad.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- V.H. Palnitkar: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- P.G. Joshi: Makeup Artist

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