Awaara (1951)
Note: this print runs 168 minutes against a recorded 193 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, Shashi Kapoor, K. N. Singh, Cuckoo Moray, Brij Mohan Vyas
Directed by Raj Kapoor
Awaara, also written Awāra and known overseas as The Vagabond, is a 1951 Indian crime drama film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and V.P. Sathe. 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 Singh Kapoor, playing a cameo in his only film appearance. The film's music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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