ऑगस्ट २०२५ मध्ये वुडी एलन एका interview मध्ये Bicycle Thieves चे कौतुक करत होते ... आणि मला वाटले त्यांना कधीही त्या सारखा सिनेमा काढता आला नाही पण राज कपूर यांनी मात्र बूट पॉलिश, १९५४ मध्ये त्या सारखा उत्कृष्ट सिनेमा काढला ...
मी बूट पॉलिश लहानपणी वडिलांमुळे आणि नंतर स्वच्छेने काही वेळा बघितला आणि प्रत्येकवेळी डोळे भरून आले
बेबी नाझ
"... In Boot Polish, the influence of the Italian neo-realists is palpable. A film about orphaned children, a wicked aunt and a smuggler with a heart of gold, Boot Polish is a sentimental tale and a complete departure from his hallmark romances. In one scene, a brother and sister are begging on a train, pretending to be disabled, when something makes the boy forget that he is supposed to be blind.‘Isn’t that shabby man dozing in a corner, like any other commuter, the legendary Raj Kapoor?’ His younger sister scoffs. ‘Everyone looks like Raj Kapoor these days,’ she says...."
(“RAJ KAPOOR: THE ONE AND ONLY SHOWMAN” Presented by his daughter Ritu Nanda, 2002)


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