Boot Polish (film) – Movie Information

Boot Polish (film)(1954) is a Comedy|Drama|Family film with a runtime of 149 minutes. It has an IMDb rating of 8.2 based on 651.0 votes. This film casts are Kumari Naaz|Rattan Kumar|David Abraham|Chand Burke|Veera|Bhupendra Kapoor|Shailendra|Mohanbali|Nissar|Bhudo Advani|. The story centers around Preteen brother and sister abandoned by their father to care of an abusive prostitute aunt survive life in an Indian squatters’ camp aided by a friendly cripple by learning to shine shoes instead of begging..

Movie Name	Boot Polish (film)
Release Year	1954
Movie Playtime	149
Genre	Comedy|Drama|Family
IMDB Rating	8.2/10
IMDB Votes	651.0
Abroad Release	20 August 1958 (USA)
Movie Story	Toddlers Belu and Bhola share an uncertain future when their mom dies in the plague and their dad is imprisoned. They are then left in the uncaring care of Kamla their aunt who moonlights as a prostitute. She is cruel abusive and forces them to take to a life of begging on the local trains on beaches and crowded areas in Bombay. This is how the toddlers grow up they want to lead a respectable life and with the help of bootlegger John they get a shoe-shine kit and start shining shoes on busy sidewalks and railway platforms. Their circumstances face more uncertainty when Kamla finds out about their new-found profession beats them up and throws them out of the house. They temporarily seek shelter with John but when he is arrested they have to fend for themselves. Things become bad to worse when Bombay enters the monsoon season when people do not get their shoes shined; then the duo are separated – with Belu ending up with a rich family and when she asks about Bhola she is …
Movie Summary	Preteen brother and sister abandoned by their father to care of an abusive prostitute aunt survive life in an Indian squatters’ camp aided by a friendly cripple by learning to shine shoes instead of begging.
Wikipedia Link	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Polish_(1954_film)

Boot Polish (film) which release in the year 1954 and have rating of 8.2/10 with total vote count of 651.0 in IMDB has awards count of 4 wins & 1 nomination.

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