| Starring | : | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nadira, Bhudo Advani, Lalita Pawar, Rashid Khan, Nemo, Iftekhar, M Kumar, Hari Shivdasani, Nana Palsikar, Bhudo Advani, Pasi Patel, Ramesh Sinha, Rashid Khan, Shailendra, Tun Tun, Anwaribai, Indirani, Bhagwan Das, Sheela Vaz, Satyanarayan, Raju, Ali Mirajkar, Jai Kishan, Pankaj |
| Director | : | Raj Kapoor |
| Producer | : | Raj Kapoor |
| Music Dir | : | Shankar-Jai kishen, Dattaram |
| Lyricist | : | Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri |
| Singer | : | Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi, Neel Kamal, Kavita, Rekha |
| Distributor | : | Yashraj |
| Genre | : | Classic |
Raj Kumar Saxena (Raj Kapoor) comes to Bombay armed with Honesty, Integrity and his Degree along with a whole lot of dreams and aspirations of amking ot in thiscity of opportunities. Raj was to find out that his values and beleifs had no worth in a city like Bombay where the social system allowed profiteers, black marketers, and other species of "420's" to make fortunes. In teh course of drifting from one job to another Raj meets the beautiful Vidya (Nargis). Though very poor herself, this school teacher shared Raj's philosphy on life and tehy start to share their dreams. Raj soon learns that their dreams are impossible to acheive honestly - and so, economic need and bitter experiences drive this simple and honest man to dishonesty and evil. Shree 420 tells the story of Raj's prelous journey into teh high flying society, where no price is too much to pay for sucess - a life of high stake gambling and drinking - a life which drifts him further from his values, beleifs and vidya.
