Shree 420 Page #6

Synopsis: Wearing torn Japanese shoes, English trousers, a red Russian cap, and a Hindustani heart, orphaned Ranbir Raj comes to Bombay to make his fortune. He pawns his gold medal, gambles with the money, loses everything, & the balance is pick-pocketed. He ends up on the beach, meets with Vidya Shastri, a teacher who runs a private school, and both fall in love. Ranbir gets a job in a laundry. When he goes to deliver some clothes to Maya, she notices that he has a way with cards, gets him to accompany her to a casino of sorts, where he wins Rs.20000/-, which unfortunately is pocketed by Maya. Then a rich industrialist, Sonanand Dharmachand, approaches Ranbir, hires him to work for him, and soon Ranbir is on his way to a wealthy life. Vidya gets a first hand look at this wealthy life, and decides to break up with him. Sonachand teaches Ranbir that in order to make money one must never discriminate between the rich and poor. So they set out to offer homes to the homeless for Rs.100/-. Watch what
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Raj Kapoor
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Year:
1955
168 min
594 Views


Seth, who started this

gold mining business in India?

You did.

- No, we Indians did.

Everyone wants shares.

Tell me what can I do?

Let's start business,

I'm in the same trade

Give me 50 shares

50 shares...?

- I'll buy more later

The demand for shares is rising.

You can have 20

How can you do this?

As this company is Indian,

you should give us priority

Who am I doing this for, anyway?

Not more than 20 shares

Have 5000 and give me

the fifty shares

It feels like we've known

each other for years

You're forcing me into this

Get the certificates from Cashier

May I give you some advice?

Start mining in Tibet

With your blessings, I already have

No, learning and knowledge

cannot be sold

Uncle, you can't keep helping us.

- Why do you say that?

I heard you're getting married soon.

Then your luck will turn

Uncle, that isn't it

- What is it, then?

Panditji told me you liked

a young man, what happended?

Did he turn out to be bad?

- No, it's my luck that's bad.

You're lucky. Remember

what I've always said:

One day, a prince will come

into your life...

Come in, it's been ages

since you last visited

Only goddesses are visited

What brings you here?

- To sell knowledge

You're here to sell knowledge

I'm here to buy honesty

Here's 50 rupees, please

can I have my medal back?

I'll fetch it, please wait

How is the school where you

raise little saints?

The school is closed. My little

saints have turned to crime

They're preparing to be 420s

The school's closed.

It's terrible. Can I help?

Thank you. Open a school

with your own money

And teach them how to buy honesty

Mister, your honesty!

Take your honesty with you

It's you?

- Me?

What is it?

- You! You look splendid!

Your white collar, your bow-tie,

your suit, very handsome

You've found the way to become

a big man. Now, you're happy

What is the matter?

Aren't you happy?

No. Raj, I'm very sad

What's happened?

You know I'm not a big man

Raj, where have you

disappeared to?

Raj! Raju!

Vidya, you're very late today

Take this

No uncle, I don't want any tea

Why not?

You're my regular customer

I don't even have two annas.

- So what?

Many 420s drink their tea

here and never show up again

You haven't been here for ages

Don't you look grand?

Sit down, I'll bring tea

Wait, Vidya.

I want to tell you something

But I don't want to listen

- You have to listen. Sit down

Special tea for you

Do you remember...

...the day we had tea together?

We made promises to each other.

We dreamt a dream

I told you we'd have a home

We would send our children to school.

I'm trying to make it come true

Do you have to do it dishonestly,

through fraud?

Try and understand.

I'm not as bad as you think.

I cheat those who cheat others

Don't pity them

If I pity anyone, it's you

Do you know where this

path will lead you to?

You wanted me as your wife

You'll end up in jail,

whose wife will I be then?

You wanted your children

to go to school

You know what they'll say?

Their father is a crook

Think about it. How can people

like us manage without money?

One can't breathe without it

Money! Money! Money!

Raj, what have you done?

Why did you do it? You have

shattered our dreams of a home

Tell me if I have harmed you.

Why did you do it?

You've been tempted by all false

world, by clothes, by cars

Tell me, Raj

You've lost everything

for a sham world

You've sold yourself

to a tinsel world. Go back

And buy the love you need.

I've given my heart to you.

Only to you

Your eyes sparkled

with the light of passion

Your eyes never glinted

with greed nor treason

You were another,

you were not the same

Your spirit was pure

your heart inflicted no pain

Little does it matter

if I regret or suffer in vain

In your new world, in

your universe...

in exchange of gold

hearts are bought, hearts are sold

In our world,

under the tree of sorrow

Hearts skip a beat

at the mention of love

Under the moon and starts

the night in song flows

I've given my heart to you,

only to you.

I've given my heart to you,

only to you.

Memories haunt me,

with a sweet pain

I never learnt how to console

my grieving heart

Little does it matter,

if you don't return, if you forget

I have not learnt how to love

and then to forget

Even from that faraway place,

just tell me once:

I've given my heart to you,

only to you.

I've given my heart to you,

only to you

The path is the same,

the traveller is the same

But I wonder where a shining

star has disappeared to?

The world is the same,

people are the same

Little do they know

a life has been plundered

Who will stay in my heart?

Who will say to me:

I've given my heart to you,

only you

Long live Raj!

Didn't I tell you,

one day Raj will be back?

Then we'll have our own homes.

- My son is back

We thought you forgot us

One who lived on the footpath,

won't forget friends made there

Tell us when our homes

will be ready

Homes?

- Your advertisement created a stir

Advertisement?

Yes brother, look here

A home for a hundred rupees

NO MORE PAVEMENT DWELLERS.

NEWS FOR THE HOMELESS

PEOPLE'S COLONY

FOR ONLY 100 RUPEES

SIGNED RAJ KUMAR.

C/O SETH SONACHAND

Long live Raj!

Seth Sonachand, who placed

this advertisement?

Why did you leave the hotel?

Maya was most upset

You shouldn't have

let Maya down

A home for 100 rupees?

You did this. Who'll believe it?

How can you build one?

Which idiot told you

we intend to build homes?

I am not selling houses.

I am auctioning a dream

You know how many people sleep

on the footpath in this city?

All of them hope for one thing:

A home of their own

Understand?

So even the poorest...

...among them will manage

to collect 100 rupees

So that we can build them a home

Seth Sonachand, I did everything

under the sun to help you

I cheated at the futures market,

sold bogus shares

You want me to cheat the poor

to make you rich

In this world we should not

make any distinction...

...between the poor and

the rich. No preferences

Do you think I'll do this?

What choice do you have?

Who was the one who agreed

to cheat in the first place?

You did

Who floated the Raj, Raj, Raj,

Company? You did

Take back your money.

Take everything

I want peace of mind

I don't want to work with you,

do you hear?

Do I build castles

in the air?

I can do away with you,

like that

Do you realise that each share

has been signed by you?

Do you remember I was

the first man to buy 50 shares?

I'll be the first to sue you.

Under Section 420

No Raj, you cannot get out easily

Whatever Vidya said was right

On that path you don't

need Vidya, but Maya

Why?

Have you become scared?

You're running away now

Running where?

To that worthless school teacher

Nonsense!

I don't understand

what you see in that girl

I've seen dozens like her

A dime a dozen

What rubbish you talk!

- Don't get angry

Witch! Aren't you ashamed to speak

of her like that? I'll kill you

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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987), popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages. He won four National Film Awards in India. As a director and screenwriter, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is considered one of the pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema, and as a screenwriter he is also known for writing Raj Kapoor's best films.As a director, he made a number of important Hindi-Urdu films. Dharti Ke Lal (1946), about the Bengal famine of 1943, was one of Indian cinema's first social-realist films, and opened up the overseas market for Indian films in the Soviet Union. Pardesi (1957) was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Shehar Aur Sapna (1963) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, while Saat Hindustani (1969) and Do Boond Pani (1972) both won the National Film Awards for Best Feature Film on National Integration. As a screenwriter, he penned a number of neo-realistic films, such as Dharti Ke Lal (which he directed), Neecha Nagar (1946) which won the Palme d'Or at the first Cannes Film Festival, Naya Sansar (1941), Jagte Raho (1956), and Saat Hindustani (which he also directed). He is also known for writing the best of Raj Kapoor's films, including the Palme d'Or nominated Awaara (1951), as well as Shree 420 (1955), Mera Naam Joker (1970), Bobby (1973) and Henna (1991).His column ‘Last Page’ holds the distinction of being one of the longest-running columns in the history of Indian journalism. The column began in 1935, in The Bombay Chronicle, and moved to the Blitz after the Chronicle's closure, where it continued until his death in 1987. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1969. more…

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