Movies - Awaara

	Movies - Awaara

Awaara (The Tramp/Vagabond in English) is a 1951 film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor. The film centers on the intertwining lives of poor Raj (Raj Kapoor) and privileged Rita (Nargis). 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 (I am a Tramp)," sung by Mukesh with lyrics by Shailendra, became hugely popular across the Indian Subcontinent, as well as in Russia and China.

Synopsis

Raj lives a life of poverty as a result of being estranged from his vindictive father, a wealthy district judge (played by Kapoor's real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor). Judge Raghunath threw Raj's mother out of the house years earlier on suspicion of infidelity. As a child, Raj befriends Rita in school, but the judge (who becomes Rita's guardian after her parents die) soon tears them apart. Even though they are separated, Rita remains in Raj's thoughts.

On the streets, Raj turns to a life of petty crime and finds a father-figure in Jagga (K. N. Singh). It is only many years later that Raj realizes that Jagga is the man responsible for his mother's estrangement. In a fit of rage, Raj kills Jagga and then tries to kill the judge, but fails. Due to these actions, Raj is brought to his own father's court, where Rita serves as his lawyer. In the end, Raj is sent to jail for his crime, but Rita promises to wait for him.

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