Jagte Raho (1956)
2h 17m
Running Time
December 12, 1956Release Date
Plot.
Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken for a thief and is chased by the residents. Whilst evading capture, he inadvertently exposes the venality and dishonesty of the building's middle class occupants.
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Cast & Crew.

Raj Kapoor
Peasant / Producer

Nargis
Temple Singer

Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep

Motilal
Singing Drunk

Sumitra Devi
Singing Drunk's Wife

Pran Sikand
Reporter

Smriti Biswas
Sati

Sulochana Chatterjee
Meenu

Pahadi Sanyal
Shashan

Daisy Irani
Tenant's Daughter

Nemo
Ramnarayan 'Rambabu' Malik

Iftekhar
Chandu

Nana Palsikar
Doctor

Amit Mitra
Director / Screenplay

Sombhu Mitra
Director / Screenplay

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Dialogue

Salil Choudhury
Music

G.G. Mayekar
Editor

Vasant Sule
Editor

K. Damodar
Settings

L.G. Patil
Set Decoration

M.R. Achrekar
Art Direction

Radhu Karmakar
Director of Photography
Media.


Details.
Release DateDecember 12, 1956
Original Nameजागते रहो
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
bollywood
Wiki.
Jagte Raho (transl. Stay Awake or Stay Alert) is a 1956 Hindi/Bengali film, directed by Amit Maitra and Sombhu Mitra, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and produced by and starring Raj Kapoor. The film centers on the trials of a poor villager (Kapoor) who comes to a city in search of a better life. However, the naive man soon becomes trapped in a web of middle-class greed and corruption. The film also features a cameo by Nargis in the final scene.
It was produced in Bengali as Ek Din Raatre, starring Raj Kapoor, Chhabi Biswas, Pahari Sanyal, Nargis Dutt and Daisy Irani. The film won the Crystal Globe Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czechoslovakia in 1957.
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