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Dak Ghar

1965

60 minutes

Drama

Overview

Amal, a young boy with an incurable disease is trapped inside the house by the local pandit-doctor’s orders. He spends the day chattering with passersby and villagers while daydreaming about those encounters later. When the chowkidar tells him the new building across the road from his house is a new Post Office belonging the Raja, Amal starts fantasising about visiting the King beyond the hills, and getting a letter or delivering the letters going all around, setting out from the confine of his house

Top Cast

Sachin Pilgaonkar headshot

Sachin Pilgaonkar

Amal

A.K. Hangal headshot

A.K. Hangal

Pandit, doctor

Satyendra Kapoor headshot

Satyendra Kapoor

Madhabdutta

Balraj Sahni headshot

Balraj Sahni

Andhe Baba

Mukri headshot

Mukri

Dahiwala

Sharmila Tagore headshot

Sharmila Tagore