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Footpath (1953 film)

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Duration
  

Screenplay
  
Country
  
7.4/10
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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Running time
  
2h 28m

Writer
  
Zia Sarhadi

Language
  
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Release date
  
1953

Music director
  
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Timir Baran

Cast
  
(Noshu), (Mala), (Rambabu), (Mina B Sharma),
Jankidas Mehra
(Mathur)

Similar movies
  
Anari (1975), Mr & Mrs 55 (1955), Jankidas Mehra appears in Footpath and Teen Devian, Dilip Kumar appears in Footpath and Arzoo, Anuraag (1972)

Footpath is a 1953 Hindi film written and directed by Zia Sarhadi. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari and Anwar Hussain. The music of the film is by Timir Baran and Khayyam.

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Plot

Tired of being poor, Noshu, a newspaperman abandons his scruples and starts to make money as a black marketeer. He gains his fortune but ruins his brother's life causing him to lose his job, his home and his wife whilst simultaneously losing his own self-respect and that of his former neighbours and his girl. Tormented by his conscience, he writes an expose of the illegal trade but cannot prevent his own brother becoming a victim when an epidemic rages unchecked because criminals have stock-piled all the medicine.

Critical reception

Footpath is one of the films featured in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed

Cast

  • Dilip Kumar as Noshu
  • Meena Kumari as Mala
  • Romesh Thapar
  • Anwar Hussain
  • Achala Sachdev
  • Sumati Lajmi
  • Ramesh Thakur
  • Maruti Rao
  • Kuldeep Akhtar
  • P. Kailash
  • Jankidas
  • Jagdeep
  • S. K. Prem
  • Habib Tanvir
  • Kamalesh Thakkar
  • Umakant
  • Master Romi as Monu (as Master Roomi)
  • Zia Sarhadi
  • References

    Footpath (1953 film) Wikipedia
    Footpath (1953 film) IMDb


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