Awaara (1951)

Raju lives as a derelict as a result of being estranged from his bitter father, a district judge, who threw Raju's mother out of the house years ago. Raju shacks up with a Dacoit (... See full summary »

Director:

Raj Kapoor

Writers:

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (dialogue), Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (screenplay),

Stars:

Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis, Raj Kapoor

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Prithviraj Kapoor	...	Justice Raghunath (as Prithviraj)
Nargis	...	Rita
Raj Kapoor	...	Raj Raghunath
K.N. Singh	...	Jagga
Shashi Kapoor	...	Young Raj (as Shashiraj)
Cuckoo	...	Bar Dancer
B.M. Vyas	...	Dubey (Rita's Father)
Leela Mishra	...	Mr. Raghunath's Sister-In-Law (as Leela Misra)
Baby Zubeida	...	Young Rita
Leela Chitnis	...	Leela Raghunath
Honey O'Brien
Om Prakash Mehra	...	(as Om Parkash)
Raju	...	(as Rajoo)
Mansaram
Rajan

Storyline

Raju lives as a derelict as a result of being estranged from his bitter father, a district judge, who threw Raju's mother out of the house years ago. Raju shacks up with a Dacoit (pickpocket bandit) as his surrogate father only to realize that the man is actually responsible for the original misunderstanding between his parents. Raju kills him, and then tries killing his father, but fails, is arrested, and is taken to court right before his very own father, who presides there as the Judge. Raju has his childhood girlfriend as his legal representative, and the onus is now on his father, who must pass judgment without showing any personal sentiment.

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Plot Keywords:

pickpocket | mother son relationship | father son relationship | local blockbuster | bollywood | 

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Genres:

Drama | Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

7 April 1956 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Tramp

Company Credits

Production Co:

All India Film Corporation, R.K. Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

193 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Raj ('Raj Kapoor') is given prisoner number 308 which is the same as article number of Indian Penal Code for which he was charged and tried. Article 308 of Indian Penal Code is about the charge of 'Attempt to commit culpable homicide'.

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Connections

Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.2 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Awara Hoon"
Sung by Mukesh
Music composed by Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Pankal (as Shankar-Jaikishan)
Lyrics by Shailendra

User Reviews

Magnificent, all-singing, all-dancing feast

A magnificent film - entertainment (singing dancing, sweet, sweet pathos) and excitement - who can forget the crazy Heaven/Hell sequence. The film is marred only by Raj's occasional violence to the character played by Nargis.

The songs are of a consistent hight quality. I have only one question - whatever happened to Honey O'Brien?