Awaara (1951)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Raj Kapoor

Writers:

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

Release Date:

7 April 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Pickpocket | Murder | Criminal | Single Mother | Told In Flashback

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Awara (India: Hindi title) (alternative spelling)
The Tramp
The Vagabond

Runtime:

193 min | UK:168 min | USA:82 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

India:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

All India Film Corporation

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'.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Zhantai (2000)

Soundtrack:

Awara Hoon

Weldone! It was one of the masterpieces of the world movies from the 50s

When I was little, my grandmother often told me about a movie from her younger ages - Awaara /released as Bradyaga/. She was always telling me, that when it came to Bulgaria it was a total hit. People watched it more that 20 times! (especially the gypsies, who thought of Indian people as their ancestors). If I ask somebody, who is over 50 year old about that film, I am sure, that he will remember it. And when the main actor - Raj Kapoor visited the country, thousands of people traveled to see him. My grandma, who was one of the best portrait photographers at that time and was asked to make his pictures with the leaders of the country, remembers that he and his wife never acted like international movie stars. They met with ordinary people, visited hospitals and orphanages. Why was that film so special? Especially in Bulgaria - a country on a Balcan peninsula with such a different culture from India? First of all, it was so different from the Soviet films that were broad-casted at that time. It was full of life, passion, love, music, and nevertheless - it was a social film - about the problems of the different classes. And it made a country so far away close. It was the first step for the good relationships between our two countries. A few years ago I have the chance to watch this movie. And I can tell, its messages are still up to day. Something that you can tell for every really good film. Watch it, you will not regret it.