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Director
  
Satyen Bose

Running time
  
2h 20m

Country
  
7.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Drama, Family

Language
  
Jagriti movie poster

Writer
  
Satyen Bose
,
Manoranjan Ghose
,
Pandit Urmil

Release date
  
1954

Screenplay
  
Kavi Pradeep, Satyen Bose, Pandit Urmil, Manoranjan Ghose

Songs
  
Aao Bachhon Tumhen Dikhaaye

Similar movies
  
Related Satyen Bose movies

Jagriti ("The Awakening") is a 1954 Hindi film that won the Filmfare Best Movie Award in 1956, and the lead, Abhi Bhattacharya, won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Based on 1949 Bengali film Paribartan that Satyen Bose had directed earlier.

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The film was screened retrospective on August 14th 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.

Plot

The film is about a spoiled rich kid, Ajay (Rajkumar Gupta), who is a problem child and is sent away to a boarding school by his grandfather. The board school is run by Shekhar (Abhi Bhattacharya). Shekhar tries to instill good values in the students using unorthodox teaching methods. He gains the students' trust and educates them about the heritage of their country and encourages them to become model citizens.

At the boarding school, Ajay continues his ways and gets into trouble all the time, including with Shekhar. Meanwhile, Ajay meets and befriends a crippled boy named Shakti (Rattan Kumar) whose character is the opposite of Ajay. Shakti tries very hard to help Ajay change his ways, but Ajay's stubborn nature gets in the way.

Finally one day, Ajay attempts to leave the hostel and Shakti finds out. Shakti tries to go after him and stop him but his handicap slows him down and his earnestness to get Ajay back causes him to lose track of the heavy traffic on the road. That is when Shakti is run over in a horrific accident. This was the triggering moment in Ajay, realizing that it was because of his stubbornness, Shakti died. This moves him to change and become a better person. He goes on to excel in academics and sports.

Meanwhile, Shekhar's method of teaching wins approval by the education board in the end. He decides to leave the boarding school to spread his message elsewhere through his unorthodox but successful ways.

Cast

  • Abhi Bhattacharya as Shekhar
  • Pranoti Ghosh
  • Bipin Gupta
  • Mumtaz Begum
  • Rajkumar Gupta as Ajay
  • Rattan Kumar as Shakti
  • Chandan Kumar
  • Dilip
  • Raja
  • Mohan
  • Ghanshyam
  • Navneet
  • Girish
  • Padmakar (as Padmaker)
  • Nanda
  • Songs

    This movie is known for its classic patriotic songs, written by one of the greatest Indian poets and lyricists of all time, Kavi Pradeep, and set to music by Hemant Kumar.

    01. Aao Bachhon Tumhen Dikhaaye - Pradeep

    02. Chalo Chalen Ma - Asha Bhosle

    03. De Di Hamein Aazadi - Asha Bhosle

    04. Hum Laaye Hain Toofan Se Kashti Nikaal Ke - Mohammed Rafi

    05. Chalo Chale Maa Sapano Ke Ganv Me (Sad) - Asha Bhosle

    Awards

  • Filmfare Award for Best Movie
  • National Film Awards
  • 1954 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi - Certificate of Merit
  • Pakistani film Bedari

    The Pakistani film Bedari had an identical plot and the songs, with replacement of some words, and music were taken directly from Jagriti. Rattan Kumar (Syed Nazir Ali), who had moved to Pakistan with his family, acted in Bedari also.

    References

    Jagriti Wikipedia
    Jagriti IMDb Jagriti themoviedb.org


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