Raj Kapoor is one of the famous icons in Indian Cinema, especially in the Bollywood film universe. His characterization is always swirled into the core of the Indian rural areas and the people who belong to those places. He is the representation of the low-class section of society. In all his films he just carries that kind of portrayal. In Awara, Raj Kapoor's character Raj represents a Slum-walla ( a man who resides in a Slum) who belongs to a low-class society and even who is a thief by profession. And that profession relies on him because of the environment that molds him. Actually, Raj is the son of a famous judge but because of the dignity and the high profile stature of his father, he insisted to derelict his wife because of a small issue. And that issue was related to a bandit named Jagga who was imprisoned by the judgment of Raj's father, Reghunath. He took his revenge by Kidnapping Reghunath's wife and he realises she is pregnant Jagga lets her out. But Raghunath didn't accept her because he believed that she is carrying Jagga's child. So he throws her out into the street. Then Leela, Reghunath's wife delivered a baby boy, and she bring him up. Raj was associated with street boys who are all illiterate and doing illegal things for their daily bread. Raj is also doing the same, pickpocketing, stealing, etc, and becomes a man as the result of the society in which he is grown up. He met his childhood, Rita, befriends her, and then that friendship elevated into another area, which is love. After being fallen with her love Raj thought about his existence and asks questions regularly about the things that he was doing in the past. He wants to come from the nuance but society labeled him as a thief or a bandit. These are all things about the movie and this is the main thing the movie is projecting. A doctor's kid becomes a doctor, a lawyer's kid becomes a lawyer so a criminal's kid becomes a criminal. That is the way of thinking followed by the people at the time when this movie got released. You know, it was the time after four years when India got independence. You can think about the mentality of the people at that time. Let kept aside that period and just think about the situation now, we are there in the '50s and we are not even moved a little about those strange and mad ideas and views. So Awara has that kind of strong significance in this common diaspora.
Review of Awaara
