A medical student turned taxi driver turned criminal — Bollywood's OG tragedy king strikes again.
Kundan is a medical student but just before getting the degree he got implicated in a murder charge and cannot finish his degree and takes the wrong path of crime. His neighbor and childhood friend Shanti who Kundan grew up with was married to Kundan at the behest of her mother but they got separated after Kundan took the path of crime. Eventually, Kundan took the job of a taxi driver and befriended a bunch of hoods, and continued with his criminal activities.
Acting
Ashok Kumar's tragic everyman, Meena Kumari's restrained suffering.
Direction
Satyen Bose squeezes maximum pathos from minimal sets.
Director
Satyen Bose
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Satyen Bose later directed the classic comedy Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi — talk about range.
This film exemplifies the 'social' genre dominating 1950s Hindi cinema, where individual tragedy critiqued systemic failure.
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