Footpath (1953 film)
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Director Zia Sarhadi Duration Screenplay Zia Sarhadi Country India | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Running time 2h 28m Writer Zia Sarhadi Language Hindi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1953 Music director Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Timir Baran Cast Dilip Kumar (Noshu), Meena Kumari (Mala), Anwar Hussain (Rambabu), Achala Sachdev (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
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References
Footpath (1953 film) WikipediaFootpath (1953 film) IMDb