Awaara (1951)
December 14, 1951Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Raj Kapoor
Raj Raghunath
Nargis
Rita
Prithviraj Kapoor
Justice Raghunath
K.N. Singh
Jagga
Shashi Kapoor
Young Raj
Cuckoo
Bar Dancer
B.M. Vyas
Dubey (Rita's Father)
Leela Mishra
Mr. Raghunath's Sister-In-Law
Baby Zubeida
Young Rita
Leela Chitnis
Leela Raghunath
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Writer
Helen
Chorus Dancer (uncredited)
V.P. Sathe
Writer
Premnath Malhotra
Cameo Appearance in Song 'naiyya teri majhdhar..' (uncredited)
Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal
Composer
Om Prakash Mehra
(as Om Parkash) / Costume Supervisor / Assistant Director / Production Secretary
Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi
Composer
Radhu Karmakar
Cinematographer
Prayag Raj
(as Paryag)
G.G. Mayekar
Editor
Mohanbali
(as Bali) / Production Manager
Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor
Judge (as Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor [Grand Pa])
Prakash Arora
Assistant Director
Jaywant Pathare
Assistant Camera
Raja Nawathe
Assistant Director
M.R. Achrekar
Art Direction
Shailendra
Lyricist
Hasrat Jaipuri
Lyricist
Vishwa Mehra
Production Manager
K. Damodar
Settings
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback Singer
Mohammed Rafi
Playback Singer
Manna Dey
Playback Singer
Shamshad Begum
Playback Singer
Surya Kumar
Choreographer
Minoo Katrak
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mukesh
Playback Singer
Biren Tripathy
Assistant Director
Marie Ginetta
Hairstylist
Bhujang Pai
Makeup Artist
Madhav Pai
Makeup Artist
S. Kalachandra
Assistant Director
Kishore Khanna
Assistant Director
B. Trilochan
Assistant Director
P.N. Chadda
Property Master
Datta Bhowad
Sound Assistant
Shanker Bhowad
Sound Assistant
Jambu Kumar Kapse
Sound Assistant
Allauddin Khan Qureshi
Sound
Dhanpat Rai
Sound Assistant
Shantaram Bhonsle
Assistant Camera
Janardan
Still Photographer
Sharad Kadwe
Assistant Camera
S.G. Kokate
Assistant Camera
S.T. Salunke
Assistant Electrician
R.M. Shinde
Electrician
Solanki
Assistant Electrician
Vasant Velkar
Assistant Electrician
Madame Chorosch
Costume Supervisor
C.G. Hanuman
Costume Assistant
Bakhtawar Singh
Costume Assistant
Arun Bhatt
Film Processor
B. Chandrakant
Assistant Editor
Dinkar Shetye
Assistant Editor
Sonny Castelino
Music Director
Pritam Gahley
Publicist
Prem Jagirdar
Production Secretary
Krishna Kumar
Choreographer
Madame Simkir
Choreographer
M.L. Soni
Production Secretary
Om Prakash
Honey O'Brien
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1951
Original Nameआवारा
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 48m
Genres
Wiki.
Awaara, also written Awāra and known overseas as The Vagabond, is a 1951 Indian Hindi crime drama film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. It stars Raj Kapoor along with his real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor, as well as Nargis, Leela Chitnis and K. N. Singh. Other members of the Kapoor family make an appearance, including Raj's youngest brother Shashi Kapoor, who plays the younger version of his character, and Prithiviraj's father Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor, playing a cameo in his only film appearance. The film's music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
The film expresses socialist themes, and blends social and reformist themes with the crime, romantic comedy and musical melodrama genres. The plot centers on the intertwining lives of a poor thief Raj (played by Raj Kapoor), the privileged Rita (played by Nargis), and Judge Raghunath (played by Prithviraj Kapoor) who is unaware that Raj is his son. In the film, Kapoor's poor "little tramp" character references Charlie Chaplin and was further developed in other Kapoor films such as Shree 420. Awaara is considered a milestone in the history of Bollywood.
The film became an overnight sensation in South Asia, and found even greater success further afield in the Soviet Union, East Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. In particular, the song "Awaara Hoon" ("I am a Vagabond"), sung by Mukesh with lyrics by Shailendra, became hugely popular across the Indian subcontinent, as well as in countries such as the Soviet Union, China, Bulgaria, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Romania. The film was also nominated for the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953. The film is estimated to have sold over 200 million tickets overseas, including more than 100 million in China and about 100 million in the Soviet Union. Owing to its popularity in so many countries, the film is a candidate for the most successful film of all time. In 2012, Awaara was included in the 20 new entries to All-Time 100 greatest films by Time magazine.