Poster from TMDB
Naukri
Sign in to saveNaukri () is a 1978 Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was critically acclaimed and became an unexpected flop at the box office. However over the years, the film has been appreciated by the audiences in its screening in television and has gained a cult following over the years. Raj Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna starred in this movie, set in 1944–1947.
Film · TMDB
4.4A disabled man who can't support his family contemplates committing suicide. However, a mysterious figure appears who forces him to reflect on his life.
Cast
- Raj Kapoor as Swaraj Singh
- Rajesh Khanna as Ranjit Gupta
- A.K. Hangal as Ranjit's Father
- Zaheera as Ramola
- Nadira as Lily
- Tom Alter as Mr. Anderson
Themes
- suicide
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Reception
- Cast
- Crew
- Soundtrack
- References
- External links
Naukri () is a 1978 Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was critically acclaimed and became an unexpected flop at the box office. However over the years, the film has been appreciated by the audiences in its screening in television and has gained a cult following over the years. Raj Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna starred in this movie, set in 1944–1947.
Naukris basic idea is based on the 1955 Tamil film Mudhal Thethi, starring Sivaji Ganeshan and Anjali Devi. The other inspiration for this film was ''It's a Wonderful Life, produced and directed by Frank Capra. The story features a person getting help of an angel after his death. However, the story and treatment in this film are completely different form both of these films. The God-sent person makes the hero realize that when he was alive he was so important and loved by all around him but he couldn’t recognize it. Rajesh Khanna plays the man who meets the angel Raj Kapoor, after he commits suicide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Naukri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.