Kunwara Baap
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Kunwara Baap is a 1974 Hindi movie produced by Amarlal Chabria and directed by and starring Mehmood. The film also stars Bharathi (actress), and Sanjeev Kumar
. It's a film with a serious message about polio vaccination. However, Mehmood did some comedy scenes in the film to earn a Filmfare
nomination as Best Comic, the only nomination for the film. Rajesh Roshan
makes his debut as a film composer. The hijra song "Saj Rahi Gali" sung by Mohd. Rafi topped the annual Binaca Geet Mala, which was the only countdown show at the time.
). She has a child with him and couldn't cope raising the baby boy alone and leaves him outside of a temple, where he gets taken in by a rikshawala (Mehmood). The boy develops polio because of the shabby living conditions, and the rikshawala feels guilty after a doctor (Sanjeev Kumar) admonishes him. He takes care of the boy and loves him as his own. In the mean time, the boy's real-life parents reconcile and turn to a police officer (Vinod Khanna
) for help in finding their missing son. Finally, when the child is 12 years old, he is reconciled with the parents, but the rikshawala won't give him up. The policeman urges him to do, as the wealthy parents can pay for the operation that can make the boy walk again. He does sorrowfully. But the boy comes back with his parents to see the rikshawala die. After his death, Mehmood, the actor, gets up and explains to the audience that his death was for the camera, but polio is real and deadly and that people should get their children vaccinated.
The following artists had a guest role in the film:-
Sanjeev Kumar (actor)
Sanjeev Kumar was one of the most prominent Indian actors in Bollywood.-Personal life and background:Sanjeev Kumar was born as Jariwala in Gujarat to a Gujarati family. His first home was in Surat and family based in Mumbai. A stint in the film school took him to Bollywood, where he eventually...
. It's a film with a serious message about polio vaccination. However, Mehmood did some comedy scenes in the film to earn a Filmfare
Filmfare
Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
nomination as Best Comic, the only nomination for the film. Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan is a Hindi cinema music composer.-Personal life:Rajesh Roshan is the son of Hindi film composer Roshan and younger brother of film director and actor Rakesh Roshan...
makes his debut as a film composer. The hijra song "Saj Rahi Gali" sung by Mohd. Rafi topped the annual Binaca Geet Mala, which was the only countdown show at the time.
Plot
Bharathi (actress) plays an abandoned wife of a playboy (Vinod MehraVinod Mehra
Vinod Mehra was an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s...
). She has a child with him and couldn't cope raising the baby boy alone and leaves him outside of a temple, where he gets taken in by a rikshawala (Mehmood). The boy develops polio because of the shabby living conditions, and the rikshawala feels guilty after a doctor (Sanjeev Kumar) admonishes him. He takes care of the boy and loves him as his own. In the mean time, the boy's real-life parents reconcile and turn to a police officer (Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna
-Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother...
) for help in finding their missing son. Finally, when the child is 12 years old, he is reconciled with the parents, but the rikshawala won't give him up. The policeman urges him to do, as the wealthy parents can pay for the operation that can make the boy walk again. He does sorrowfully. But the boy comes back with his parents to see the rikshawala die. After his death, Mehmood, the actor, gets up and explains to the audience that his death was for the camera, but polio is real and deadly and that people should get their children vaccinated.
Cast
- Mehmood ... Mahesh / Rickshaw Walla
- Bharathi ... Radha
- Manorama ... Sheela
- Bhushan Tiwari ... Kaloo Dada
- Sanjeev Kumar ... Doctor
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