Boot Polish (film)
| Boot Polish | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Prakash Arora |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
| Written by | Bhanu Pratap |
| Starring |
Naaz Ratan Kumar David |
| Music by | Shankar Jaikishan |
| Cinematography | Tara Dutt |
| Edited by | G. G. Mayekar |
Release dates | 1954 |
Running time | 149 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Boot Polish is a 1954 Hindi film directed by Prakash Arora and produced by Raj Kapoor. It won Best Film at the Filmfare Awards.
Plot
Belu (Baby Naaz) and Bhola (Ratan Kumar) are left in the care of their wicked aunt Kamla (Chand Burque) after their mother dies. She forces them to beg in the streets and takes their money.
A bootlegger named John uncle (David Abraham) teaches them self-respect and to work for a living instead of begging. They save to buy a shoe-polish kit and begin shining shoes. When Kamla discovers this, she beats them and kicks them out of the house.
Meanwhile John Chacha is arrested and the children are left to fend for themselves. When it rains and people stop having their shoes polished, the children are in danger of starving. Bhola wishes to never beg again and rejects a coin tossed to him on a rainy night. When Belu takes it out of hunger, Bhola slaps her and she drops it.
When police come, intent on taking the children, Belu escapes onto a train but Bhola is arrested. On board the train, Belu is adopted by a rich family and she is sad for her brother.
Bhola searches for Belu after getting out of custody but cannot find her. After running away from an orphanage, he is unable to find work and extremely hungry, and resorts to begging. He encounters Belu while begging at railway station where Belu and her adopted family are boarding a train for vacation. Humiliated, Bhola runs away but his sister pursues him. John Chacha has also come to the station to say goodbye and joins the chase but he falls and is injured. Bhola stops running and Belu and Bhola are reunited.
The rich family adopts Bhola also and they live happily ever after.
Cast
- Baby Boy (at start of Film) ... Narendra Rupani
- Kumari Naaz ... Belu (as Baby Naaz) Kapoor visited 12 schools in Bombay in order to search for a suitable child actor.[1]
- Rattan Kumar ... Bhola Bhandari
- David Abraham Cheulkar ... John (as David)
- Chand Burke ... Kamla Devi (as Chand Burque)
- Veera
- Bhupendra Kapoor
- Shailendra
- Mohanbali
- Nissar (as Master Nisar)
- Bhudo Advani ... Pedro (as Budho Advani)
- Prabhu Arora
- Prithviraj Kapoor ... Himself - ritual performed in the beginning of the movie (uncredited)
- Raj Kapoor ... Man asleep on train (uncredited)
Awards
- Special Mention to a child actress - Naaz
- Best Cinematographer - Tara Dutt
- Best Film - Raj Kapoor
- Best Supporting Actor - David
Soundtrack
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raat Gayi Phir Din | Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey |
| 2 | Nanhe Munne Bachche | Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi |
| 3 | Thehr Zara O Janewale, Babu Mister Gore Kale | Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Madhubala Jhaveri |
| 4 | Lapak Jhapak Tu Aa Re Badarwa | Manna Dey |
| 5 | Chali Kaun Se Des | Asha Bhosle, Talat Mehmood |
| 6 | Saari Duniya Hai Mujhpe Deewani | Asha Bhosle |
| 7 | Tumhare Hain Tumse Daya Mangte Hain | Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi |
| 8 | Tu Badhta Chal | Manna Dey |
References
- ↑ "School Yields Star". Alton Evening Telegraph. 19 April 1954. p. 14. Retrieved 8 December 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Boot Polish". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-31.