BOOT POLISH (1954)

Starring :
Baby Naaz, Ratan Kumar, David with Chand Burque, Veera, Bhupendra Kapoor, Shailendra, Bhudo Advani and Prabhu Arora

Credits
Producer : Raj Kapoor
Director : Prakash Arora
Music Director : Shankar-Jaikishan
Lyricists : Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri & Deepak
Story, Dialogue & Screenplay Writer : Bhanu Pratap
Cinematographer : Tara Dutt
Audiographer : Shankar Amurta
Art Director : M.R. Achrekar
Playback Singers : Asha Bhosle, Madhubala Jhaveri, Manna Dey, Talat Mahmood and Mohd. Rafi
Song, Background music & re-recording : Minoo Katrak.
Choreographer : Satyanarayan
Editor : G.G. Mayekar
Processing In-Charge : Arun Bhatt
Make-up In-charge : Madhav Pai
Date of Censor : January 31, 1954

"BOOT POLISH" tells a human story of two children who earned their living by polishing shoes in the streets of Bombay.

BHOLA, an innocent boy of ten and his younger sister BELU aged seven were two destitute children belonging to a slum area in Bombay. They were well trained in the art of begging by a woman of dubious morals KAMLA CHACHI a distant relative who had provided the kids with sleeping space in her delapidated shack. The constant abuses,bickerings and beatings from Kamla Chachi had made the lives of these kids a veritable hell.

Their only ray of hope was the neighbor, JOHN an old eccentric boot legger with a sharp tongue but a golden heart. John's simple words "Starve, die, but don't beg. Do something with your two hands" - inspired the kids to stop begging and start the work of polishing boots.
Bhola had observed Chitku a bootblack from the slums earn money in a dignified way by shining shoes. The idea of shining shoes fascinated him so much he resolved to become a bootblack.

David