Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 248 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Hindi — subtitles on.
The story
Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."
- circus
- philosophy
- entertainer
- sadness
- clown
- melancholy
- love
- social commentary
- loneliness
- tragic hero
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Simi Garewal — Mary
- Ksiena Rabiankina — Marina
- Padmini — Meenu
- Dara Singh — Sher Singh
- Rajendra Kumar
- Achala Sachdev
- Om Prakash — Circus Surgeon
- Rajendranath Malhotra — Circus Surgeon
- Directed
- Raj Kapoor
- Written
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 82 ratings
- Studio
- R.K. Films
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