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“Mother India” is a remake of Mehboob Khan’s earlier film “Aurat” (1940) and was  the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar (Best Foreign Film) in 1958. In the canon of Indian cinema, it’s a classic . “The grain of rice on your table does not tell the grim tale of the toil that grew it.” Mother India Movie review Radha(Nargis), a young bride comes into Shamu’s (Raaj Kumar’s) house only to learn from her mother-in-law (played by silent-era star Jilloo) that her husband’s land lies mortgaged. Radha and Shamu works very hard to get the land back, but they continue  fail impressing Lala (Kanhaiyalal). Desperate, Radha suggests cultivating a barren, rocky piece of land. But their precious bullock dies in the effort. A disaster follows when Shamu’s hands are crushed while working. Taunted by Lala and unwilling to be a burden, Shamu leaves home, leaving Radha searching desperately for him. There is no reunion between Nargis and Raaj KumarThis deeply undersc...