Cast
Prithviraj Kapoor 
Nargis 
Raj Kapoor
Credits
Written by: 
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Plot
Raju, the son of a judge, is brought up in the slums as a thief after the judge, in a fit of jealousy, abandons his pregnant wife. As an adult, he meets Rita, a lawyer, and falls in love, but his criminal mentor Jagga schemes to destroy the judge through him. Raj Kapoor's 1951 film, with Nargis and Prithviraj Kapoor, was a huge success across the Soviet Union and Asia, and was in competition at Cannes.
Sinekatalog’s take
Raj Kapoor's classic follows a judge's son raised as a thief and in love with a lawyer. Song-filled and sentimental, with Nargis radiant and a famous dream sequence, it was a vast international hit and a landmark of Hindi cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (5,018 votes)
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