Raj Kumar (Raj Kapoor) is hunting for a job but his sincerity keeps getting in the way and he is unable to pay the rent to his rude but kind landlady Mrs D’Sa (Lalita Pawar). Once he chances upon a wallet stuffed with cash and returns it to the owner. Impressed by his honesty, the man, Ramnath (Motilal), a business magnate, employs Raj Kumar in his office. Meanwhile, Raj Kumar meets and falls in love with Asha (Nutan), a maidservant in Ramnath's household. However, he is distressed when he eventually discovers that Asha is actually Ramnath’s daughter Arati. Raj Kumar tries to distance himself from Arati and confines himself to looking after his ailing landlady. But when Mrs D’Sa dies of poisoning, police arrest Raj Kumar as the suspect.
- Language
- Hindi
- Release Date
- 16 Jan 1959
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Colour
- Black and White
- Sound Mix
- 0
- Runtime
- 2h 46min
Cast and Crew
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Raj Kapoor
as Raj Kumar -
Nutan
as Aarti Sohanlal -
Lalita Pawar
as Mrs. L. D'Sa -
Shubha Khote
as Asha -
Mukri
as Kamdhar (Raj Kapoor's co-worker) -
Nana Palsikar
as Evil Priest (as Nana Palshikar)
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Directed by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee -
Written by
Inder Raj Anand
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