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{{Infobox film
|name           = Ab Dilli Dur Nahin
|image          = Ab Dilli Dur Nahin poster.jpg
|caption        = Original Hindi poster
|director       = Amar Kumar
|producer       = [[Raj Kapoor]]
|writer         = [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]]<br/>Muhafiz Hyder
|screenplay     = [[Akhtar Mirza]]
|story          = [[Akhtar Mirza]]
|starring       = [[Master Romi|Romi]]<br>[[Sulochana Latkar|Sulochana]]<br>[[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]]<br>[[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]]
|music          = [[Dattaram Wadkar|Dattaram]]
|cinematography = Jaywant Pathare
|editing        = [[G. G. Mayekar]]<br>Dinakar Shetye
|studio         = R. K. Films Ltd.
|distributor    = R. K. Films Ltd.<br/>Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
|released       = {{Film date|1957}}
|runtime        =
|country        = India
|language       = Hindi
|budget         =
}}
'''''Ab Dilli Dur Nahin''''' ({{Translation|Now Delhi is not far away}}){{efn|A play on the phrase [[wikt:दिल्ली अभी दूर है|Delhi is still far off]] (meaning the work is still not complete).<ref>[[Ronald Stuart McGregor|McGregor, Ronald Stuart]] (1993), in ''The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary'', London: Oxford University Press, page 497.</ref>}} is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Amar Kumar and written by [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]] and Muhafiz Hyder. The film was produced by [[Raj Kapoor]] and starred [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], [[Anwar Hussain (actor)|Anwar Hussain]], [[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]], [[Jagdeep]] and [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] (in a very minor role).<ref name="pressacademyarchives_59599">{{Cite web|url=http://pressacademyarchives.ap.nic.in/newspaperframe.aspx?bookid=59599|title=Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh|website=pressacademyarchives.ap.nic.in|access-date=2018-12-20|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230634/http://pressacademyarchives.ap.nic.in/newspaperframe.aspx?bookid=59599|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It follows a young boy in 1951 who travels to Delhi, wanting to meet Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] to seek justice for his father who has been wrongly [[Capital punishment in India|sentenced to death]].

==Cast==
* [[Master Romi|Romi]] as Ratan
* [[Sulochana Latkar|Sulochana]] as Bela
* [[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]] as Hariram
* [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]] as Ghaseeta
* [[Jagdeep]] as Maseeta
* [[Anwar Hussain (actor)|Anwar Hussain]] as Mukundlal
* [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] as Lachhu
* Nand Kishore
* [[Baij Sharma]]
* [[C.S. Dubey]] as Ram Bharose 
* Shivaji Rathore
* Om Prakash
* Manohar Gir
* Mohan Choti as Mithu
* [[Suraj Prakash]]
* Baby Chand as Shalu 
* Pappu
* Ghanshyam (as Ghansham)
* Ram Kumar
* Chandan Mukherji
* Tillu
* [[Iftekhar]] as Inspector 
* [[Hari Shivdasani]] as Prosecuting Lawyer
* [[Nana Palsikar]] as Defending Lawyer
* [[Bhudo Advani]] (as Budo Adwani)
* Bhupendra Kapoor as Guest Appearance (as Bhupendra Kapur)

==Music==
The music for ''Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'' was composed by [[Dattaram Wadkar|Dattaram]], the lyrics penned by [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] and [[Hasrat Jaipuri]], including the popular song "Chun Chun Karti Aayi Chidiya".

===Soundtrack===
#"Mata O Mata Jo Tu Aaj Hoti" – [[Sudha Malhotra]]
#"Yeh Chaman Hamara Apna Hai" – [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
#"Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram Ramleela" – [[Shamshad Begum]], Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle
#"Chun Chun Karati Aai Chidiyaa" – [[Mohammed Rafi]]
#"Jiyo Lal Mere Tum Lakho Baras" – [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
#"Bhej Chhana Chhan" – Mohammed Rafi, [[S. Balbir]]
#"Lo Har Chiz Lelo Zamane Ke Logo" – Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle
#"Malik Tere Jahan Mein" – Sudha Malhotra

==Release==
The film premiered in 1957.

==See also==
*[[Dilli Abhi Door Hai]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0137341|title=Ab Dilli Dur Nahin}}

{{Raj Kapoor}}

[[Category:1957 films]]
[[Category:1957 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1957 Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian legal drama films]]
[[Category:R. K. Films films]]
[[Category:Indian films with live action and animation]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru]]
[[Category:Films about miscarriage of justice]]
[[Category:Films set in 1951]]
[[Category:Films set in Delhi]]
[[Category:Films shot in Delhi]]
[[Category:Films about capital punishment]]
[[Category:1957 drama films]]

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