December 12, 1956
Release Date

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Jagte Raho (1956)

Name: Jagte Raho
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1956-12-12

2h 17m

Running Time

December 12, 1956
Release Date

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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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Details.

Release Date
December 12, 1956

Original Name
जागते रहो

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 17m

Genres
Comedy Drama Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-11

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.