Awaara

India

1951

193 Min

Black and White

Hindi

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis, Raj Kapoor, K.N. Singh, Shashi Kapoor

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.

Director

Raj Kapoor

Ranbirraj “Raj” Kapoor (Marathi: राज कपूर, Hindi: राज कपूर, Punjabi: ਰਾਜ ਕਪੂਰ, Urdu: راج کپُور Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards, while his films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954) were nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987 for his contributions towards Indian cinema. —wikipeda

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Th MZA

7Feb11

Has any audience viewed Awara's musical dream sequence w/o thinking, "That's trippy"? You don't have to explain a musical; the music & dancing stand in for pure emotion; and we grasp that pure emotion is often batshit. Even so, Raj Kapoor's decision to insert his vision of heaven & hell in the middle of a gritty courtroom drama strikes me as more batshit than average, just a Manhog shy of a Jim Woodring cartoon.

scorpiorising

20Feb10

Poverty breeds criminals, people are branded and labeled just because of what their ancestors were, and most of us can't escape our fates but can always start over. The whole thing is too melodramatic, farfetched and campy at times but the musical numbers are to die for and I rarely have this much fun watching a film. Watch out for the extraordinary dream sequence.

Yuki Aditya

19Feb10

Anyone seen the 193 mins version? It seems my copy is the UK version which running around 168 mins. But the dream sequence is something to savor again.