[Kala Bazar Download Full Movie
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It was noted for having several of Bollywood's stars in a cameo at the film premiere of Mother India (1957), and it was also the only film to star the three Anand brothers together. It became a Superhit at the box office.
Kala Bazar (meaning "black market") essentially dealt with black marketing of movie tickets, which Dev Anand does in the film. The story follows the template of a protagonist who takes the wrong path to make money and then realizes his mistake, for which he has to pay back.
Raghuveer (Dev Anand) is a poor bus conductor who is fired from the job after getting into an argument with a passenger. With an ailing mother (Leela Chitnis) and two younger siblings to take care of, Raghuveer doesn't know how to provide for his family. When he passes by a cinema hall and sees Kalu (Rashid Khan) selling movie tickets, he gets an idea. Seeing that as a good source of quick money, he too decides to black market movie tickets. But for that, he needs capital to start with. So he robs Advocate Desai (Chetan Anand) of Rs 5000 and soon sets his own network of black marketers outside all prominent cinema-halls of Bombay.
All that taken care of, he sets out to romance Alka, but she resists and turns away his love when she lies that she is engaged to Nand. Heartbroken, Raghuveer returns to Bombay to continue his business, but his love for Alka has changed him. When he left Alka in Ooty, he promised that he would never do anything bad. Raghuveer tries to convince his partners to stop black marketing and get an honest job, but they all eventually go back to their bad deeds. Raghuveer continues to try and earn an honest living and to his surprise, he meets Alka one day in Bombay. Alka, meanwhile, also falls for Raghuveer, but hesitates to tell him. Finally, she writes a letter to Nand, telling him to forget her, because she loves Raghuveer. The latter is delighted and Alka tells him to come in the evening to talk to her parents. However, everything goes awry when she learns that Nand has returned. When Nand comes to her house, the two of them argue, but finally both concede that their "love" was just childishness. Now free to profess her love for Raghuveer, Alka goes to his house, only to learn that he has been arrested for black marketing. The movie takes a turn and the court case is with Advocate Desai (Chetan Anand). The court room drama is really engaging as it shows how the black marketers changed the kala bazaar to Safed Bazar and all the people working for Raghuveer, give their opinion which is his positive side. The movie ends with Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman walking in the rain under a single umbrella.
Ragu (Dev Anand) becomes a black market movie ticket entrepreneur, but thirsts for an education and honest employment after meeting college student Alka (Waheeda Rehman). Reformed after an Ooty idyll with her family, he uses nonviolence to convince his kala colleagues to go straight.
For many of you, the idea of a kala bazaar, might be alien. Once upon a time, before multiplexes arrived, movie tickets were sold in black right out side the theatre. Men and sometimes women would merge into the crowds, mumbling the rates of the tickets they were selling. If you want to see it done, hang outside a single screen theatre the day a Salman Khan film releases.
In Kala Bazar, Dev Anand plays Raghuvir, a common man who becomes a successful black marketer to earn money for his family. But his conscience haunts him. Raghuvir falls in love with Alka, played by a sparkling Waheeda Rehman. Alka is morally upright. She is also engaged to another man, Nandkishore, played by Vijay Anand himself. But that doesn't stop Raghu. He pursues her relentlessly. She reciprocates once she comes to know and understand him. Raghu's crimes eventually catch up with him. Kala Bazar illustrates how money and corruption fray a man's soul. But the film insists that even the worst among us have the potential for redemption.
Kala Bazar also has a refreshingly mature attitude about love and relationships. Alka falls in love twice and then she makes a choice between her two suitors. There is no drama here, just an acceptance that human beings are complex creatures and the heart, as Woody Allen infamously said, wants what it wants.
All this month, Film Companion will celebrate the works of filmmaker Vijay Anand. You can follow our series FC Flashback which aims to reintroduce legendary actors, filmmakers and technicians to a young audience.
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