Naukari
1954 · 136 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama
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.
Directed by Bimal Roy · Written by Nabendu Ghosh
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Kishore Kumar Ratan Kumar Chaudhary -
Sheila Ramani Seema -
Jagdeep -
Nirupa Roy -
Balraj Sahni -
Achala Sachdev Rattan and Uma's mother -
Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi Hari
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