Mother India
Mother India is a 1957 Hindi film written and directed by Meh**** Khan and stars Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raj Kumar. The epic film is a remake of Meh**** Khan's earlier film Aurat. It is also listed among the only two Hindi films in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list. The film ranks among the all-time Indian box office hits. The film was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958, and was chosen as one of the five nominations for the category. The film came close to winning the award, but eventually lost to Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria by a single vote.