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      • Based on a short story by Dostoevsky (‘White Nights’) and orchestrated by director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Saawariya, like a lot of Indian cinema today, owes an oversized debt to the legacy of the Kapoor dynasty.
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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AwaaraAwaara - Wikipedia

    Awaara, also written Awāra [n 1] and known overseas as The Vagabond, [1] [2] [3] is a 1951 Indian crime drama film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. It stars Raj Kapoor along with his real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor , as well as Nargis , Leela Chitnis and K. N. Singh .

  3. Raj Kapoor’s 1951 Bollywood epic Awaara is 2 hours and 45 minutes long. More than enough time to deliver two plots, ten musical numbers, a Busby Berkley style dream sequence, a complex moral, and some religion too. It’s a giant-sized story of romance and tragedy coupled with a neo-realist ideology, that borrows heavily from film history.

  4. Sep 9, 2024 · Released right after India gained its independence, Awaara raised a significant social question and sought to address an issue that eluded us for centuries- the legitimacy of a caste system based strictly on hereditary lines.

  5. Jan 18, 2022 · The story revolves around Raj (Raj Kapoor), who languishes in a slum with his mother after being estranged from his father (Prithviraj Kapoor), a wealthy judge, who ousts his wife from the house on suspicion of infidelity.

  6. Based on a short story by Dostoevsky (‘White Nights’) and orchestrated by director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Saawariya, like a lot of Indian cinema today, owes an oversized debt to the legacy of the Kapoor dynasty. Bhansali’s homage is an affectionate one, visualising the larger than life persona of Ranbir Kapoor’s Raj around a litany of ...

  7. Jun 20, 2019 · Summary: The bandit Jagga kidnaps Leela, Judge Raghunath’s wife. Upon learning that Leela is pregnant, Jagga lets her go. People believe that Jagga is the father. Though she is already pregnant when Jagga kidnaps her, the easily swayed Judge Raghunath doubts Leela and throws her out. Leela gives birth to a baby boy near a gutter on the street.

  8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0043306Awaara (1951) - IMDb

    Awaara: Directed by Raj Kapoor. With Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, K.N. Singh. A poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her.