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"Story of a woman's struggle to keep her family together and keep the land she owns."
"Depicts, through one woman's life from marriage to old age, the joys and tragedies of village life in rural India."
""Mother India raconte l'histoire sempiternelle de la lutte contre le mal, incarné ici par Sukhilala, créancier d'un petit village. Profitant du peu d'éducation d'une femme qui vient lui emprunter l'argent dont elle a besoin pour marier sa fille, il note qu'en échange de cet argent, elle lui donnera non pas le quart comme le croit la femme, mais les trois quart de sa récolte. L'escroquerie de Suhkilala est démasquée et les anciens du village décident de faire justice."
"In this musical melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations while always adhering to her strong moral code."
"Considered a national epic, "Mother India" centers around the life of Radha, now an old woman as she recounts her past: her happy married life with three sons in a rural Indian village. Eventually her husband leaves her so she must raise the children alone while fending off the financial as well as sexual pressures from the landlord. One son dies in a flood, another son, Birju, becomes a rebel committed to violence, while the third son, Ramu, remains dutiful. A spectacular commercial success, the plot and characters from Mother India became the models for many subsequent Indian films."
"Depicts, through one woman's life from marriage to old age, the joys and tragedies of village life in rural India. The story begins with Radha's marriage. Her mother-in-law borrows money from the Sukhilala and she thinks the agreement is to pay one-fourth of the crop grown each year. Sukhilala had actually taken advantage of her lack of education and written in the contract that he would receive three-quarters of the crop. When his deceit comes to light, the village elders, not wanting the police to come to the village, rule in Sukhilala's favor, dooming Radha and her family to a life of poverty."
"Mother India raconte l'histoire sempiternelle de la lutte contre le mal, incarné ici par Sukhilala, créancier d'un petit village. Profitant du peu d'éducation d'une femme qui vient lui emprunter l'argent dont elle a besoin pour marier sa fille, il note qu'en échange de cet argent, elle lui donnera non pas le quart comme le croit la femme, mais les trois quart de sa récolte. L'escroquerie de Suhkilala est démasquée et les anciens du village décident de faire justice."
""Mother India raconte l'histoire sempiternelle de la lutte contre le mal, incarné ici par Sukhilala, créancier d'un petit village. Profitant du peu d'éducation d'une femme qui vient lui emprunter l'argent dont elle a besoin pour marier sa fille, il note qu'en échange de cet argent, elle lui donnera non pas le quart comme le croit la femme, mais les trois quart de sa récolte. L'escroquerie de Suhkilala est démasquée et les anciens du village décident de faire justice."--[Source inconnue]. Avec Nargis, Sunil Dutt."
"Abandoned by her husband, a woman is left to raise her two young sons. The sons' characters portray the struggle between good and evil."
"A rural matriarch loses her husband after a farming accident. With her sons, she struggles to survive despite a cruel landlord."
"A drama of a rural family in India."
"The story of survival of a simple house wife, whose husband leaves her after he loses his hands in an accident at his farms. He also leaves their two sons with her. The elder one grows up to be nice and hardworking where as the younger one is worthless, angry type getting everyone into trouble. There is a beautifiul portrayal of the mother's emotions towards her sons and how she fights all obstacles after she is left alone."
"The story of the survival of a simple housewife, whose husband leaves her after he looses his hands in an accident at his farms. He also leaves their two sons with her. The elder one grows up to be the nice and hadworking one where as the younger one is the worthless, angry type, getting everyone into trouble. There is a beautiful portrayal of the mother's emotions towards her sons, and how she fights all obstacles after she is left alone."@en
"An award-winning drama presented by Mehboob Productions, of a rural family in India, starring Nargis Rajkumar and Sunil Dutt."