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Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. The film begins with the finishing of a water canal to the village set in the present. Radha (Nargis), as the 'mother' of the village is asked to open the canal and remembers back to her past when she was newly married, mirroring the new independence of India. Nargis in Awaara (1951) Nargis (Hindi: नरà¥à¤—िस, Urdu: نرگس), June 1, 1929 - May 3, 1981, was an Indian actress best known for her role as Radha in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India. ...
The wedding between Radha and Shamu (Raj Kumar) was paid for by Radha's mother in law who raised a loan from the moneylender, Sukhilala. This event starts the spiral of poverty and hardship which Radha endures. The conditions of the loan are disputed but the village elders decide in favour of the moneylender after which Shamu and Radha are forced to pay three quarters of their crop as interest on the loan of 500 rupees. A Rajastani style painting of Sri Radha Radha (Devanagari: राधा) is a famous female personality from Hindu, (Vedic) tradition, also known as Radharani, prefixed with the respectful term Srimati by devout followers. ...
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Whilst trying to bring more of their land into use to alleviate their poverty, Shamu's arms are crushed by a boulder. He is shamed by his helplessness and is humiliated by others in the village, deciding that he is no use to his family he leaves and does not return. Soon after this, Radha's mother in law dies.
Radha continues to work in the fields with her children and gives birth again. Sukhilala offers to help alleviate her poverty in return for Radha marrying him, but she refuses to "sell herself". A storm sweeps through the village destroying the harvest and killing Radha's youngest child - the villagers start to migrate but decide to stay and rebuild on the urging of Radha.
The film then skips forward several years to when Radha's two surviving children, Birju and Ramu, are young men. Birju, embittered by the exactions of Sukhilala since he was a child takes out his frustrations by pestering the village girls, especially Sukhilala's daughter. Ramu, by contrast, has a calmer temper and is married soon after. He becomes a father but his wife is soon absorbed into the cycle of poverty in the family.
Birju's anger finally becomes dangerous and, after being provoked, attacks Sukhilala and his daughter as well as violently lashing out at his family. He is chased out of the village and becomes a bandit. On the day of the weeding of Sukhilala's daughter, Birju returns to take his revenge. He kills Sukhilala and takes his daughter - but Radha, who had promised that Birju would not do harm, shoots Birju who dies in her arms. The film ends with her opening of the canal and reddish water flowing into the fields.
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Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Nargis in Awaara (1951) Nargis (Hindi: नरà¥à¤—िस, Urdu: نرگس), June 1, 1929 - May 3, 1981, was an Indian actress best known for her role as Radha in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India. ...
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Trivia - Nargis had long been romantically linked with director and actor Raj Kapoor, but in the end married Sunil Dutt, who co-starred with her in this movie. The marriage seemed scandalous to many at the time, because Sunil had played her son in the movie.
- Rajendra Kumar, who plays Nargis's eldest son and Sunil Dutt's brother in the movie also became a part of their family later on, when his son Kumar Gaurav, married Dutt and Nargis's daughter Anju(Namrata Dutt).
- The film grossed over Rs.40 million. This record was beaten 3 years later by Mughal-E-Azam in 1960.
- This was the first Indian film to ever be nominated in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category at the Oscars in 1957, though Nights of Cabiria eventually got the award. It would not be until 2002, with Lagaan, when India be represented at the Oscars.
Nargis in Awaara (1951) Nargis (Hindi: नरà¥à¤—िस, Urdu: نرگس), June 1, 1929 - May 3, 1981, was an Indian actress best known for her role as Radha in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India. ...
Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, Urdu: راج کپور, RÄj KapÅ«r, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, director, and producer of Bollywood movies. ...
Sunil Dutt (June 6, 1929 - May 25, 2005), born Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor and politician. ...
Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغل٠اعظم, Hindi: मà¥à¤—़ल-ठआज़म) is an Indian romance film, a product of the Bollywood movie industry. ...
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