Armaan

<p>Ramdas, a poor noble soul rears up the only daughter of his dead master away from his own home so that she may not fall into the clutches of her treacherous uncle, Bahadur Singh. Baby Radha grows up to be a beautiful girl and falls in love with the poet Madan, who happens to visit her village. Fate separates them and Radha is taken over by her uncle and taught to outgrow her peasant upbringing to become a swell girl. But her love for her foster father, now a dispiriterd rickshaw puller, flames again leading up to a climax. All music was composed by . A review by in October 1953 appreciated the performances by Madhubala and Jagirdar and also the music, in contrast to a review by , which called it “too frequently hybrid”. Regarding Madhubala, the critic commented that she “puts her part over with an allure, charm and sensitivity which are astoundingly, good.” concluded: ” makes for pleasurable entertainment despite its lack of logical cohesion due to the haphazard development of the key roles and the illogical actions of the characters.” was critical of the film’s storyline, calling it a “sentimentalized rehash of a mediocre story”, and Anand’s performance, saying that he possesses “limited acting skills”. reported in October 1953 that the film is running to packed houses. At the end of its theatrical run, grossed 2.9 million at the box office to emerge as the ninth most successful film of 1953.</p>