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Balidan also called Sacrifice, is a 1927 Indian silent film directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by Rabindranath Tagore.[1] It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation.[2] Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair.[3] Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28,[4] it was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards".[5]

Balidan
Directed by	Naval Gandhi
Written by	Rabindranath Tagore Jamshed Ratnagar (screenplay)
Based on	Bisarjan (play)
Produced by	Orient Pictures Corporation
Starring	Master Vithal Sulochana (Ruby Myers) Zubeida Sultana
Cinematography	Naval Bhatt
Production company	Orient Pictures Corporation
Release date	1927 (1927)
Country	India
Language	Silent film

The film starred the then popular cast of Master Vithal, Sulochana (Ruby Myers), Zubeida, Sultana, Jal Khambata and Jani Babu.[6]

A social-reformist costume drama film, written by Tagore in 1887,[5] it was set in the fictional kingdom of Tippera, and involved clashes between a progressive-minded King and a "tradition-bound priest".[1] The film was stated to be commercially successful.[4]

Cast

• Master Vithal
• Sulochana (Ruby Myers)
• Zubeida
• Sultana
• Jal Khambata
• Jani Babu
• J. Makhijani

References

External links

• Balidan (1927) at IMDb

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