Jagriti

For the song of the same name by Sadist, see Sadist (album).

Jagriti
Directed by	Satyen Bose
Produced by	S Mukherjee
Written by	Satyen Bose Manoranjan Ghose Pandit Urmil
Starring	Abhi Bhattacharya Pranoti Ghosh Bipin Gupta Rattan Kumar Rajkumar Gupta Mumtaz Begum
Music by	Hemant Kumar Kavi Pradeep (lyrics)
Cinematography	N. V. Srinivas
Editing by	Shanker Hurde Vishwanath
Release date(s)	1954
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Jagriti ("The Awakening") is a 1954 Hindi film that won the Filmfare Best Movie Award in 1956, and the lead, Abhi Bhattacharya, won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.

Plot

The film is about a spoiled rich kid, Ajay (Rajkumar Gupta),who is a problem child and is sent away to a boarding school by his grandfather. The board school is run by Shekhar (Abhi Bhattacharya). Shekhar tries to instill good values in the students using unorthodox teaching methods. He gains the students' trust and educates them about the heritage of their country and encourages them to become model citizens.

At the boarding school, Ajay continues his ways and gets into trouble all the time, including with Shekhar. Meanwhile, Ajay meets and befriends a crippled boy named Shakti (Rattan Kumar) whose character is the opposite of Ajay. Shakti tries very hard to help Ajay change his ways, but Ajay's stubborn nature gets in the way.

Finally one day, Ajay attempts to leave the hostel and Shakti finds out. Shakti tries to go after him and stop him but his handicap slows him down and his earnestness to get Ajay back causes him to lose track of the heavy traffic on the road. That is when Shakti is run over in a horrific accident. This was the triggering moment in Ajay, realizing that it was because of his stubbornness, Shakti died. This moves him to change and become a better person. He goes on to excel in academics and sports.

Meanwhile, Shekhar's method of teaching wins approval by the education board in the end. He decides to leave the boarding school to spread his message elsewhere through his unorthodox but successful ways.

Cast

• Abhi Bhattacharya... as Shekhar
• Pranoti Ghosh
• Bipin Gupta
• Mumtaz Begum
• Rajkumar Gupta... as Ajay
• Rattan Kumar... as Shakti
• Chandan Kumar
• Dilip
• Raja
• Mohan
• Ghanshyam
• Navneet
• Girish
• Padmakar (as Padmaker)
• Nanda

Songs

This movie is known for its classic patriotic songs, written by one of the greatest Indian poets and lyricists of all time, Kavi Pradeep, and set to music by Hemant Kumar.

• Aao Bachhon Tumhen Dikhaaye - Pradeep
• Chalo Chalen Ma - Asha Bhosle
• De Di Hamein Azaadi - Asha Bhosle
• Hum Laaye Hain Toofan Se Kashti Nikaal Ke - Mohammed Rafi

Awards

• Filmfare Award for Best Movie
• National Film Award - Certificate of Merit.

External links

• Jagriti
• Jagriti (1954) at the Internet Movie Database