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{{Infobox film
| name = Boot Polish
| image = Boot Polish 1954 film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Prakash Arora
| producer = [[Raj Kapoor]]
| writer = Bhanupratap
| starring = [[Ratan Kumar]]<br />[[Kumari Naaz]]<br />[[David Abraham Cheulkar|David]]
| music = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = Tara Dutt
| editing = [[G. G. Mayekar]]
| studio = [[R. K. Films]]
| distributor = R. K. Films
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| released = {{release date|df=y|1954|08|20}}
| gross =
}}
[[File:Boot Polish (1954).webm|thumb|x150px|Boot Polish]]
'''''Boot Polish''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1954|1954]] [[Hindi]] [[comedy drama]] directed by Prakash Arora and produced by [[Raj Kapoor]]. It won [[Filmfare Best Movie Award|Best Film]] at the [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-flashback-every-movie-that-won-the-filmfare-best-film-award-from-1953-to-2017_-26082.html|title=Filmfare Flashback: Every movie that won the Filmfare Best Film Award from 1953 to 2017|website=filmfare.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>

==Plot==
Belu ([[Kumari Naaz]]) and Bhola (Ratan Kumar) are left in the care of their wicked aunt Kamla, a prostitute, ([[Chand Burke]]) after their mother dies. She forces them to beg on the streets and takes the whole collection at night, often by beating them brutally.

A bootlegger and neighbour of Kamla, named John uncle ([[David Abraham Cheulkar|David Abraham]]) teach them self-respect and to work for a living instead of begging. Both kids start saving from their begging money by giving lesser paise to Kamla, so they can buy a shoe-polish kit and begin [[Shoeshiner|shining shoes]]. The duo manage to buy a shoe-polish kit and starts the business. But when Kamla discovers this, she beats them and kicks them out of the house.

Meanwhile, John discovers that Belu wants a new frock and Bhola needs a new shirt as their current rags are torn and worn out. Overwhelmed by the emotions to help Belu and Bhola, John Chacha decided to sell unauthorized liquor and gets arrested by the police. The children, on the other hand, are left to fend for themselves. When it rains, and people stop having their shoes polished, the children are in danger of starving. Bhola wishes never to beg again and rejects a coin tossed to him on a rainy night. When Belu takes it out of hunger, Bhola slaps her, and she drops it.

When the police come, intent on taking the children, Belu escapes onto a train, but Bhola is arrested. On board the train, Belu is adopted by a wealthy family, and she is sad for her brother.

Bhola searches for Belu after getting out of custody but cannot find her. After running away from an orphanage, he is unable to find work and extremely hungry and resorts to begging. He encounters Belu while begging at the railway station where Belu and her adopted family are boarding a train for vacation. Humiliated, Bhola runs away, but his sister pursues him. John Chacha has also come to the station to say goodbye and joins the chase, but he falls and is injured. Bhola stops running, and Belu and Bhola are reunited.

The wealthy family adopts Bhola also, and they live happily ever after.

== Cast ==
* [[Ratan Kumar]] as Bhola
* [[Kumari Naaz]] as Belu
* [[David Abraham Cheulkar|David]] as John
* [[Chand Burke]] as Kamla Devi
* [[Bhudo Advani]] as Pedro
* [[Raj Kapoor]] as Himself

== Production ==
In a piece for the ''[[Indian Express]]'' on 2 April 1954 issue titled 'Why I Produced Boot Polish', [[Raj Kapoor]] wrote, "In ''[[Awaara]]'' I tried to prove that Vagabonds are not born, but are created in the slums of our modern cities, in the midst of dire poverty and evil environment. ''Boot Polish'' graphically shows the problem of destitute children, their struggle for existence and their fight against organised beggary. The purpose of this film is to bring home to you that these orphans are as much your responsibility as that of the Government. Individual charity will not solve this problem because the only solution is co-operative effort on a National scale."<ref>{{cite newspaper |last1=Kapoor |first1=Raj |author-link1=Raj Kapoor |title=Why I Produced Boot Polish |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=2 April 1954 |page=3}}</ref>

==Awards==
[[File:Boot Polish 1954 film poster 2.jpg|200px|thumb|Film poster with photograph]]
;[[1955 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3737/year/1955.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Boot Polish |access-date=2009-01-31|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
* Special Mention to a child actress - Naaz

;[[Filmfare Award]]s
* Best Cinematographer - [[Tara Dutt]]
* Best Film - Raj Kapoor
* Best Supporting Actor - [[David (actor)|David]]

==Soundtrack==
Lyrics were written by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]], [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] and Deepak. Music for the songs were composed by [[Shankar-Jaikishan]].
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Main Baharon Ki Natkhat Rani"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Nanhe Munne Bachche Teri Mutthi Mein Kya Hai"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Tumhare Hain, Tumse Daya Maangte Hain"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Chali Kaunse Des Gujariya Tu Saj Dhajke"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Talat Mahmood]]
|-
| "Thehar Zara O Janewale, Babu Mister Gore Kale, Kab Se Baithe Aas Lagaye Hum Matwale"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Manna Dey]], [[Madhubala Jhaveri]]
|-
| "Raat Gayi, O Raat Gayi, Phir Din Aata Hai"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Manna Dey]]
|-
| "Lapak Jhapak Tu Aa Re Badarwa"
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0046799|title=Boot Polish}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXVRdF0dII Boot Polish (1954)] on YouTube
* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08949460903368911 Review Essay in Visual Anthropology: Virtue Ethics of ''Boot Polish'' and ''Dosti'', as Compared with ''Slumdog Millionaire'']

{{FilmfareAwardBestFilm 1954–1970}}

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[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar Jaikishan]]
[[Category:R. K. Films films]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]]
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]

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