TY - ADVS AU - Modi, Sohrab, AU - Nanda, J. K. AU - Mohammed, Ghulam, ED - Nupur Marketing, Inc. ED - Minerva Movietone. ED - LC Gift Collection (Library of Congress) TI - Mirza Ghalib AV - DVB 7944 (viewing copy) U1 - 891.4391 PY - 2006///] CY - [Delhi PB - Nupur Marketing Inc. KW - Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan, KW - Poets, Urdu KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - Drama KW - Poets, Persian KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Biographical films N1 - Copyright notice on disc: Nupur Marketing, Inc; Originally released theatrically in 1954; Summary adapted from container and IMDb. com; Story, S.H. Minto ; dialogue, Rajindra Singh Bedi ; music, Ghulam Mohammad ; dance directors, Lachhoo Maharaj and Badri Pershad; Bharat Bhushan, Suraiya, Ulhas, Durga Khote, Mukri, Murad N2 - The film is based on the life of the great Indian poet, Mirza Ghalib, who lived during the reign of Bahadur Shah Zafar. This story portrays his trials, tribulations, triumphs, and utlimate descent to poverty, and then to prison; and his tragic and ill-fated love with a beautiful courtesan named Chaudvin. The film beautifully captures the mood of the period and the magnificance of the court of the last Mughal ER -