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Awara

Play trailer Poster for Awara Released Jan 25, 1954 3h 13m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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After feuding with his father, a local judge (Nargis), Raj Raghunath (Prithviraj Kapoor) leaves home and falls in with petty criminal Jagga (Leela Chitnis). But when he realizes that his new friend was a key figure in a painful saga from his family's past, Raj kills Jagga. Because the crime was committed in the elder Raghunath's jurisdiction, Raj's case is set to be heard by his father. Backed by his long-lost love, a lawyer named Rita (Raj Kapoor), Raj prepares for his moment of truth.

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Jimmy Cage Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube) A feast for the eyes and the ears. Excellently played and gripping from start to finish. A must-see for anyone who loves cinema. Rated: 8/10 Apr 25, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Best movie and iconic hit movie world wide. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite being incredibly far-fetched, this is one of my favorite Bollywood flicks that I have seen. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Mike M Gets much less interesting when the focus shifts away from the judge and the bandit, and towards the relationship that blossoms between the boy and his childhood friend, a trainee advocate, partly as it's just another story of forbidden love across the class divide, partly as both Kapoor and Nargis now appear too old to convince as capering young lovers - though you can see how audiences of the time might have responded to the coy eroticism of the latter changing behind a windbreaker and accusing her companion of savagery for taking a sneaky peek at her. Some of it is still striking today: stay tuned for the one-of-a-kind dream sequence that fuses Gene Kelly, Aleister Crowley and Dr. Seuss, and threatens to use up all the dry ice in Mumbai. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/08/09 Full Review Audience Member Oh, the melodrama! :D Man, this is what you call a classic film. So predictable, so cliche, so fake, so AWESOME! Ok ok, so probably no one laughed their heads off when this movie was first released... it was probably one of the first few 'talkie' films in India. Great editing for the 50's. :) Loved it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Raj Kapoor

Director

Prithviraj Kapoor

Justice Raghunath

Raj Kapoor

Justice Raghunath

Nargis

Rita

Leela Chitnis

Leela Raghunath

K.N. Singh

Jagga
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Synopsis After feuding with his father, a local judge (Nargis), Raj Raghunath (Prithviraj Kapoor) leaves home and falls in with petty criminal Jagga (Leela Chitnis). But when he realizes that his new friend was a key figure in a painful saga from his family's past, Raj kills Jagga. Because the crime was committed in the elder Raghunath's jurisdiction, Raj's case is set to be heard by his father. Backed by his long-lost love, a lawyer named Rita (Raj Kapoor), Raj prepares for his moment of truth.
Director
Raj Kapoor
Producer
Raj Kapoor
Screenwriter
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, V.P. Sathe, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
R.K. Films, All India Film Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 1954, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
3h 13m