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Kadu Makrani
1960 148’ b&w Gujarati d/sc Manhar Raskapur pc Sadhana Chitra st Gunwantrai Acharya co-lyr/m Avinash Vyas co-lyr Apa Hamir c Bipin Gajjar lp Arvind, Shalini, Champsibhai Nagda, Mahesh Desai, Babu Raje, Bhudo Advani, Champak Lala, Radha, Sulochana, Ulhas, Jaya Bhatt, Honey Chhaya, Vishnu Vyas, Padmakumar Joshi, Ajit Soni, Mukand Desai, Devika Roy, Bhimjibhai, Upendra Trivedi, Gunvant Kayastha, Bagla, Manjula Moti
Raskapur’s best-known film is an anti- imperialist fantasy historical, his favourite genre (cf. his Mulu Manek, 1955). Unlike most Indian royals, the Makranis of Junagadh defy the British who retaliate by invading Inaj, a Makrani settlement. Four members of the royal clan become bandits. The main one, Kadar Baksh aka Kadu Makrani, causes major problems for the British who order the local police chief, one of Kadar’s boyhood friends, to capture him. After a furious battle Kadu is captured in Karachi and hanged. The film was remade by Manu Desai in 1973.