Awaara

• Film Director: Raj Kapoor
• Year: 1952
• Main Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis
• Music Director: Shankar Jaikishan, Shankar Jaikishan

Movie Synopsis

Awaara is a 1951 Bollywood film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor who also has the leading role. His real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor also stars as his on-screen father Judge Raghunath. Raj's youngest real-life brother Shashi Kapoor plays the younger version of his character. Prithiviraj's father Dewan Bashwanath Kapoor also played a cameo role in his only film appearance. The film centers on the intertwining lives of poor Raj and privileged Rita. In the film, Kapoor's poor, innocent "little tramp" character references Charlie Chaplin and was further developed in other Kapoor films such as Jagte Raho and Shri 420. The film is a collaboration of the famous team of director/producer Kapoor and writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, with music composed by the team of Shankar Jaikishan. The song "Awara Hoon ," sung by Mukesh with lyrics by Shailendra, became hugely popular across the Indian subcontinent, as well as in Russia, Romania, Turkey and China. The film was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival in 1953.