One Line Review: Filled with soothings songs of Lata Mangeshkar, marvelous story, and effortless acting of Raj Kapoor.
Youtube Trailer Shree 420
Starring: Raj Kapoor, Nargis
Director: Raj Kapoor
Release Date: 6 September 1955
Introduction
Today we’re reviewing “Shree 420” on the occasion of its release anniversary. The film is filled with soothings songs of Lata Mangeshkar, the marvelous story, and the effortless acting of Raj Kapoor.
Plot Summary
A story of a man who wanted to be a big businessman but falls prey to a conman who takes all his possessions and meets a woman who falls in love with him.
Iconic dialogues from this movie
Mera joota hai Japani, yeh patloon Englishtani, sar pe laal topi Russi … phir bhi dil hai Hindustani
English:
My shoes are Japanese, these pants are British, I have a Russian red hat on my head … but still my heart is Indian
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor has done a great job acting and directing this film. As a director, he pays attention to details to ensure that all necessary elements of the film are realized in reality. As an actor, his performance is outstanding. His comedy timing is first-rate, his grief is obvious, and he brilliantly transformed his role from a simple and interesting person to a complex gamer to a serious and unfortunate businessman. Nargis, like his beloved Vidya, is simply amazing.
She is considered the personification of goodness, beauty, purity, and modesty of Indian women. Judging by all possible criteria, she is an excellent actress, in this movie she is also incredibly elegant, natural, and believable. Note the scene where Vidya and Raj visited the casino together and were later publicly humiliated by Maya from Nadira. She began to cry softly in embarrassment, and Raj looked at her and couldn’t say a word. This is a wonderful scene, with excellent acting, and execution. There is no doubt that Kapoor and Nargis have the most powerful screen chemistry of their time.
Portryal of the events
I like the realistic depiction of city life in Mumbai in the 1950s. Kapoor shares the irony of the big city pretty perfectly. Street beggars seem to understand life better than so-called elites; people sell more than they buy to survive the next few days, even if it means they have to give up their most precious assets; street dwellers feel that they own the same streets Just because that is where they sleep, everyone is looking for money, because money rules the world. This is where Raj was thrown. You need money, but you cannot find a job despite having a degree. This forced him to steal and lie and damaged his core values. But if you do this, you are a liar, those so-called respected citizens, most of them are liars, real social thieves, label you “420”, they try to treat the poor as Scapegoats, let them hide. Their own crimes. A paradox that is both ridiculous and sad because it is real.
Iconic Songs from the movie
The music of this film is dominated by Shree Lata Mangeshkar. Heck! That whole era was dominated by her. There is a total of eight songs in the film, songs like Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh, Ramaiyya Vastavaiyya, and Ichchak Dana Bichchak Dana. But the song that stood out from the bunch is Pyar Hua Iqrar Hua.
Lyrics:
(Pyaar hua, ikraar hua hai
Pyaar se phir kyoon darrta hai dil)
(Kehta hai dil rasta mushkil
Maaloom nahin hai kahan manzil)
Pyaar hua, ikraar hua hai
Pyaar se phir kyoon darrta hai dil
Kehta hai dil rasta mushkil
Maaloom nahin hai kahan manzil
Pyaar hua, ikraar hua hai
Pyaar se phir kyoon darrta hai dil
Kaho ki apni preet ka geet na badlega kabhi
Tum bhi kaho is raah ka meet na badlega kabhi
Pyaar jo toota, saath jo chhoota
Chaand na chamkega kabhi
Conclusion
I think this is Kapoor’s overall view of the art of film and the art of life. Through this movie and his character tells us, laugh at ourselves, make fun of common social illness, change the mask from sorrow to happiness, and vice versa to see this crazy world from a clearer perspective, in order to do this The best way to do this.
