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Naukari

Naukari

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Naukari

1954

2h 16m

6.8(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

The comic, tragic and heartrending saga of Ratan Kumar Chaudhary, who leaves his village, aging mom and seriously ill sister, to obtain employment in Calcutta, only to end up in a tiny tenement apartment full of other unemployed youths.

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7 featured cast members

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Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar

Ratan Kumar Chaudhary

Sheila Ramani

Sheila Ramani

Seema

Jagdeep

Jagdeep

Nirupa Roy

Nirupa Roy

Balraj Sahni

Balraj Sahni

Achala Sachdev

Achala Sachdev

Rattan and Uma's mother

Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi

Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi

Hari

Creative team

Directed by: Bimal Roy
Written by: Nabendu Ghosh
Produced by: Bimal Roy

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