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Dastan is a film of genre Drama directed by Abdur Rashid Kardar with Suraiya
Dastan (1950)
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Add to a movie listDastan or Dastaan is a 1950 Bollywood drama film directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar. A box-office success, the film became the third highest earning film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 1,15,00,000 and net gross of Rs. 65,00,000 . The film starred Raj Kapoor, Suraiya, Veena, Suresh, Al Nasir, Murad and Shakila.
The story, a tragic melodrama, was a narrative in flashback. It was inspired from the film Enchantment (1948) directed by Irving Reis. Cited as "one of the biggest commercial hits" by Patel, Suraiya's acting was stated to have "over-shadowed" that of Raj Kapoor.
Actors
Suraiya
(Indra)
Raj Kapoor
(Raj)
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