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Stay Awake

Stay Awake

Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken for a thief and is chased by the residents. Whilst evading capture, he inadvertently exposes the venality and dishonesty of the building's middle class occupants.

ThrillerComedy

Release: 1956-12-12Runtime: 137 minRating: 5.9 (9)

Cast

Raj Kapoor

Raj Kapoor

Peasant

Nargis

Nargis

Temple Singer

Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep

Motilal

Motilal

Singing Drunk

Sumitra Devi

Sumitra Devi

Singing Drunk's Wife

Pran Sikand

Pran Sikand

Reporter

Smriti Biswas

Smriti Biswas

Sati

Sulochana Chatterjee

Sulochana Chatterjee

Meenu

Pahadi Sanyal

Pahadi Sanyal

Shashan

Daisy Irani

Daisy Irani

Tenant's Daughter

Crew

G.G. Mayekar

Editor

Amit Mitra

Screenplay

Sombhu Mitra

Sombhu Mitra

Screenplay

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

Dialogue

Vasant Sule

Editor

Sombhu Mitra

Sombhu Mitra

Director

K. Damodar

Settings

Salil Chowdhury

Salil Chowdhury

Music

Amit Mitra

Director

Raj Kapoor

Raj Kapoor

Producer