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{{for|1973 film|Daag: A Poem of Love}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Daag
| image = Daag1952.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Amiya Chakravarty (director)|Amiya Chakravarty]]
| producer = Amiya Chakravarty
| story = Amiya Chakravarty <br /> Rajendra Shankar
| screenplay = Amiya Chakravarty <br /> Rajendra Shankar
| writer = [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Dilip Kumar]]<br />[[Nimmi]]<br />[[Usha Kiran]]
| music = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = V. Babasaheb
| editing = D. B. Joshi
| studio = Mars & Movies Productions
| distributor = Mars & Movies Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1952|7|4}}
| runtime = 149 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{INR}} 1,50,00,000<ref name=Boxoffice />
}}
'''''Daag''''' ({{literal translation|The Stain}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1952|1952]] [[Indian films|Indian]] [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[romantic drama film]] produced and directed by [[Amiya Chakravarty (director)|Amiya Chakravarty]]. The film stars [[Dilip Kumar]], [[Nimmi]] and [[Lalita Pawar]] in lead roles. The film's music is composed by the duo [[Shankar Jaikishan]].

[[Madhubala]] was the first choice of Chakravarty to play the female lead in the movie, but she was left it because of hectic schedule. She was also shooting for ''[[Tarana (1951 film)|Tarana]]'' and ''[[Sangdil]]'' at this time, which starred her alongside Kumar.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Akbar|first=Katijia|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=r9ZABAAAQBAJ|title=I Want to Live: The Story of Madhubala|date=2011-04-01|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-21-0|pages=113|language=en}}</ref>

Dilip Kumar won the first ever [[Filmfare Award]] in the [[Filmfare Best Actor Award|Best Actor category]] for his performance in this film. The Awards were instituted from 1954. The film fared well at the box office and was declared a hit.<ref name="Boxoffice">{{cite news|title= Box Office 1952 |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com}}</ref> Got No. 4 in Box-office collection list.<ref>[[List of Bollywood films of 1952]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=June 2020}}

==Plot==
Shankar (played by [[Dilip Kumar]]) and his mother live a life of poverty. To earn money he makes and sells mud toys. Being the lone bread winner of the family, he is unable to meet the needs. His debt starts rising higher and higher when he gets addicted to alcohol. He is attracted to Parvati ([[Nimmi]]), who also lives a poor lifestyle along with her step-brother, Jagat Narayan, his wife and their daughter, Pushpa. After an argument with his mother, Shankar departs to the city, gives up drinking and earns a lot of money. He then returns home and pays off his mortgage. With new confidence he proposes to marry Parvati. But he is then told that Parvati's marriage has been arranged elsewhere. Broken, he starts drinking again and his mother also dies at this stage. Now he again starts drinking heavily and starts walking on the path of self-destruction. The only thing which can save his life is Parvati's love. But her parents are the only obstacle who are in the view that drunken Shankar can never become a good man in life. In a dramatic turns of events, Jagat Narayan agrees to marry Parvati with Shankar, Shankar quits alcohol and the film finally finishes with a happy ending.

==Cast==
* [[Dilip Kumar]] as Shankar
* [[Nimmi]] as Parvati "Paro"
* [[Usha Kiran]] as Pushpa "Pushpi"
* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Shankar's Mother
* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] as Lala Jagat Narayan
* Jawahar Kaul as Shyam Sunder
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Jagat's wife
* [[C. S. Dubey]] as Hira
* Krishnakant as Money Lender
* Laxman Rao as Raghunath

==Music==
Composed by [[Shankar Jaikishan]], the songs of the film are written by [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] and [[Hasrat Jaipuri]].
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal (Part 1)
| extra1 = [[Talat Mahmood]]
| lyrics1 = [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
| length1 = 02:59
|
| title2 = Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal (Part 2)
| extra2 = Talat Mahmood
| lyrics2 = Shailendra
| length2 = 02:47
|
| title3 = Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal (Part 3)
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| lyrics3 = Shailendra
| length3 = 03:21
|
| title4 = Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal (Part 4)
| extra4 = Talat Mahmood
| lyrics4 = Shailendra
| length4 = 00:48
|
| title5 = Hum Dard Ke Marhon Ka Itna Hi Fasana Hai
| extra5 = Talat Mahmood
| lyrics5 = [[Hasrat Jaipuri]]
| length5 = 03:36
|
| title6 = Kahey Ko Der Lagai Re, Aaye Na Ab Tak Balma
| extra6 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics6 = Hasrat Jaipuri
| length6 = 04:32
|
| title7 = Dekho Aaya Ye Kaisa Zamaana
| extra7 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics7 = Shailendra
| length7 = 04:15
|
| title8 = Lage Jabse Nain Lage
| extra8 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics8 = Shailendra
| length8 = 03:52
|
| title9 = Koi Nahin Mera Is Duniya Mein
| extra9 = Talat Mahmood
| lyrics9 = Hasrat Jaipuri
| length9 = 03:26
|
| title10 = Preet Yeh Kaisi, Bol Ri Duniya
| extra10 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics10 = Shailendra
| length10 = 03:27
|
| total_length = 33:03
}}

==Awards==
*[[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] for [[Dilip Kumar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0044527|Daag}}

[[Category:1952 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar Jaikishan]]
[[Category:Films directed by Amiya Chakravarty]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1952 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

Daag (1952 film) - Revision history

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