The Extended Canon
Jagte Raho
जागते रहो · 1956
A thirsty villager looking for water in a Calcutta apartment block is taken for a thief, and every flat he hides in is worse.
- Director
- Amit Maitra, Sombhu Mitra
- Year
- 1956
- Genre
- Drama · Satire
- Cast
- Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal
Why it's in the canon
Grand Prix at Karlovy Vary. A single night that exposes an entire respectable class.
A thirsty villager looking for water in a Calcutta apartment block is taken for a thief, and every flat he hides in is worse.
Jagte Raho sits in the 1950s alongside Pyaasa and Mother India — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Amit Maitra, Sombhu Mitra.
- Released in 1956, in the 1950s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Satire.
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