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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Shehar Aur Sapna<br />
| image = Shehar Aur Sapna.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]<br />
| producer = [[Naya Sansar]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| story = Khwaja Ahmad Abbas<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Dilip Raj]]<br />[[Nana Palsikar]]<br />[[David (actor)|David]]<br />
.| music = J. P. Kaushik<br />
| cinematography = Ramachandra<br />
| editing = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 1963<br />
| runtime = 120 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Shehar Aur Sapna''''' ({{lit|The City and the Dream}}) is [[Bollywood films of 1963|1963]] [[Hindi film]] directed by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]], about a young couple searching in vain for a home of their own in a metropolis, amidst the backdrop of rapidly developing city, and the many who flocked to it in hope for a better life.<ref>{{cite news |title=Overview:Shehar Aur Sapna (1964)|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/173348/Shehar-Aur-Sapna/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519173531/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/173348/Shehar-Aur-Sapna/overview |url-status=dead |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|author=Dan Pavlides|date=2011|archive-date=2011-05-19 }}</ref> It won the [[11th National Film Awards|1964]] [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]] and was nominated for [[Filmfare Award]] for [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]].<br />
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==Synopsis and themes==<br />
It was based on Abbas's own story ''One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones'', which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid [[industrialization]]. The theme of the film signified a marked departure from the films made in 1950s, the opening decade of [[independent India]], as by now the euphoria seen in films such as ''[[Naya Daur (1957 film)|Naya Daur]]'' (1957) and ''[[Boot Polish (film)|Boot Polish]]'' (1954) had been replaced by realism and the death of economic idealism. This was also seen in later films such as ''[[Roti Kapda Aur Makaan]]'' (1974) and [[Mani Kaul]]'s ''[[Uski Roti]]'' (1969), as industrialization didn't turn out to be a boon for the masses as promised.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollywood toasts the great Indian middle class |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood-toasts-the-great-indian-middle-class-news-bollywood-kkfuTMbdfdb.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417133311/http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood-toasts-the-great-indian-middle-class-news-bollywood-kkfuTMbdfdb.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2016 |date=28 May 2007 |publisher=[[Sify.com]] Movies }}</ref><br />
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==Production==<br />
Abbas used his own experiences of sleeping on the footpath at one point in his life, as he had used in his three other films. To prepared for shooting the city "figuratively", he walked about the city under all weather, to be able to recreate the settings for the emotional landscape of the film. Though most scenes were shot outdoors, in [[Mumbai]] slums and roads, on a shoestring budget, for crucial scenes, the cylindrical drainpipes were carried to the studios to recreate the life of the urban poor indoors, complete with slums and huts by the railway line.<ref>{{cite book |title=Narratives Of Indian Cinema|author=Manju Jain|publisher=Primus Books|year=2009|isbn=978-8190891844 |page=142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORE9TDOoU1IC&q=Shehar+Aur+Sapna&pg=PA142 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of Film Makers|author=Georges Sadoul|publisher=University of California Press |year=1972 |isbn=0520021517 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvsZikRu-hAC&q=Shehar+Aur+Sapna&pg=PA1 }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[11th National Film Awards|1963]]: [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]<ref name="11thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|title=11th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=13 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
* 1964 Academy of Art award for Direction.<br />
* [[12th Filmfare Awards|1964]]: [[Filmfare Awards]]<br />
**[[Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award|Best Supporting Actor]] - [[Nana Palsikar]]: Won<br />
**[[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]]: ''Nominated'' <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1965/ 1965 Filmfare Awards] [[IMDb]]</ref><br />
**[[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: K.A. Abbas: ''Nominated''<br />
** [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]]: K.A. Abbas: ''Nominated''<br />
** [[Uttar Pradesh Film Journalist's Assn. Lucknow Award for Best Music/Director]]: J.P. Kaushik<br />
** [[Bengal Film Journalist's Assn. Calcutta Award for Best Music/Director]]: J.P. Kaushik<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Dilip Raj]] Son of P. Jairaj<br />
* [[Surekha Parkaar]]<br />
* [[Manmohan Krishan]]<br />
* [[Anwar Hussain (actor)|Anwar Hussain]] <br />
* [[David (actor)|David]] <br />
* [[Nana Palsikar]] as Jhonny<br />
* [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] <br />
* [[Jagdish Kamal]]<br />
* [[Rashid Khan (actor)|Rashid Khan]]<br />
* Kamlakar Rele (Thief)<br />
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==Music==<br />
#"Hazar Ghar Hazar Dar Yeh Sab Hain Ajnabi Magar" - Manmohan Krishna<br />
#"Patthar Ka Bhagwan Yehan Hain" - Manmohan Krishna<br />
#"Pyaar Ko Aaj Nayi Tarh Nibhana Hoga" - Manmohan Krishna<br />
#"Yeh Shaam Bhi Kahaan Hui" - Manmohan Krishna<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0152400|Shehar Aur Sapna <br />(The City and the Dream)}}<br />
* [http://news.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/in-paper-magazine/images/shehar+aur+sapna+and+slumdog Shehar Aur Sapna Trivia]<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on short fiction]]<br />
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]<br />
[[Category:Social realism in film]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. A. Abbas]]<br />
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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