Dev Anand trades champagne for chawls in this slum Cinderella story nobody asked for.
Disillusioned with his wealthy friends, a man pretends to be poor and goes to live in the slums where he falls in love with a burglar's sister.
Acting
Dev Anand's eyebrows deliver more emotion than the script.
Cinematography
Glamorous slums that look suspiciously like studio backlots.
Score
Lata Mangeshkar makes even economic inequality sound divine.
Director
D.D. Kashyap
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mala Sinha reportedly refused to visit actual slums for research, insisting the studio sets were 'authentic enough.'
The 'rich man disguised as poor' trope dominated 1960s Hindi cinema, letting audiences critique wealth while fantasizing about it.
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