Boot Polish

1954
1h 30m

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Pre-teen brother and sister, abandoned by their father to be taken care of by an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning ... Read allPre-teen brother and sister, abandoned by their father to be taken care of by an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning to shine shoes instead of begging.Pre-teen brother and sister, abandoned by their father to be taken care of by an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning to shine shoes instead of begging.

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7.9/10

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Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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Top cast13

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Kumari Naaz

Belu
(as Baby Naaz)

Ratan Kumar

Bhola
(as Rattan Kumar)

David Abraham

John
(as David)

Chand Burke

Kamla Devi
(as Chand Burque)

Pedro
(as Budho Advani)

Prabhu Arora

Prithviraj Kapoor

Self - ritual performed in the beginning of the movie
(uncredited)

Raj Kapoor

Man asleep on train
(uncredited)

Storyline

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Trivia
This movie is a remake of Italian movie "Shoeshine". But Raj Kapoor shaab made it in Indian style.

Connections
Remade as Morad o Laleh (1966)

Soundtracks
Raat Gayi
Music by Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi & Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Child psychology is true and is critical in human development

What worked:

the sublime message of the movie advocates for hard work, hope and perseverance. Relevant to it's time, the movie takes into consideration the child psychology, and narrates the raw, gritty and sad truth of its time. I think it is okay to say that the many movies of that generation talks about The socioeconomic disparity between the haves and havenots.

What did not work:

culturally irrelevant; though the movie has its strong influence of that time, it's irrelevant and not relatable. Of course, there is poverty, discrimination and sadistic reality in today's society, maybe today's filmmaker will definitely use this movie's main agenda as a sublayer of a main plot instead of keeping it the main agenda.

Final verdict: recommended