Jagriti (जागृति) 1954

Published on November 4, 2011 in Cinema

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Banner	Filmistan LTD
Director	Satyen Bose
Writer	Satyen Bose, Manoranjan Ghose, Pandit Urmil
Producer	S Mukherjee
Orginal music	Hemant Kumar
Cinematography	N. V. Srinivas
Film Editing	Shanker Hurde, Vishwanath
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Playback Singers	Pradeep, Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi

Character	Actor / Actress
Shekhar	Abhi Bhattacharya
Ajay	Rajkumar Gupta
Shakti	Rattan Kumar
Padmaker	Padmakar
	Pranoti Ghosh
	Mumtaz Begum
	Chandan Kumar
	Dilip
	Raja
	Mohan
	Ghanshyam
	Navneet
	Girish
	Nanda

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.