Kitaab

Kitaab
Kitaab film poster
Directed by	Gulzar
Produced by	Gulzar
Written by	Gulzar
Starring	Master Raju Master Tito Uttam Kumar Vidya Sinha Dina Pathak
Music by	R. D. Burman
Cinematography	M. Sampat
Release date(s)	1977
Country	India
Language	Hindi
IMDb profile

Kitaab is a 1977 Hindi movie. Produced by Pranlal Mehta and Gulzar the film is directed by Gulzar. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Shreeram Lagoo, Keshto Mukherjee and Asit Sen. Musical score is by R. D. Burman

Contents 1 Plot 2 Credits 3 Trivia 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

Plot

Babla (played by Master Raju) is a kid who lives in a village with his mother (played by Dina Pathak). His mother sends him to his sister's (played by Vidya Sinha) place (in a city) so that he can go to a good school. Initially, Babla likes both school as well as sister's home very much and becomes a good friend with Pappu (played by Master Tito), his classmate. They roam around in streets, watch street magic show and wish they could do such tricks, look inquisitively at how sweets are made, make fun of teacher etc. They enjoy, as any kid will, all these things thoroughly. But Babla gets reminded of the harsh reality of life when his sister and brother-in-law starts scolding him for his disinterest in studies and complaints from the school regarding his so-called irresponsible behavior (like making fun of teachers, singing in the classroom etc). He gets to realize that nobody understands kids, their innocence, their view of life and he will have to grow up to enjoy life fully. One thing leads to another and one day Babla decides that he will be better off living with his mother in village. He runs off and get on a train. Since he does not have any ticket, ticket-master catches him and makes him get off on the next station. In the night he feels cold and look around for some shelter. He finds an old woman sleeping in a blanket and lie down besides her sharing the blanket. In the morning, finding the old beggar woman still sleeping, he picks up a coin from her container and goes off to drink water. While drinking water he sees that lots of people have gathered around the old lady. He goes there and finds out that the lady he had been sleeping with was dead. He gets scared to his core and realizes that life is in-fact not that simple for those who are poor. He puts back the coin he had taken and run off to his mother's place. There he finds his mother, sister and brother-in-law worrying about him. They are overjoyed to see Babla back and Babla promises to everyone that he will study sincerely and never create troubles for anyone.

Credits

Character	Actor
Babla	Master Raju
Pappu	Master Tito
Babla's brother-in-law	Uttam Kumar
Babla's sister	Vidya Sinha
Old Beggar	Dr Shreeram Lagoo
Babla's mother	Dina Pathak

Crew

Director	Gulzar
Producer	Pranlal Mehta & Gulzar
Script	Gulzar
Music	R. D. Burman
Lyrics	Gulzar

Trivia

• Though a box office debacle, Kitaab remains one of the favourite movies of Gulzar Saab.^[1]
• For the music in song "Aa aa ee Aa aa ee...." picturised on students in a class, R. D. Burman used an actual table to create a realistic effect.^[2]

Notes

References

External links

• Kitaab at the Internet Movie Database

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