Naukri (lit. 'Job') is a 1978 Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was critically acclaimed and became an unexpected flop at the box office. However over the years, the film has been appreciated by the audiences in its screening in television and has gained a cult following over the years. Raj Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna starred in this movie, set in 1944–1947.
Naukri's basic idea is based on the 1955 Tamil film Mudhal Thethi, starring Sivaji Ganeshan and Anjali Devi. The other inspiration for this film was It's a Wonderful Life, produced and directed by Frank Capra. The story features a person getting help of an angel after his death. However, the story and treatment in this film are completely different form both of these films. The God-sent person makes the hero realize that when he was alive he was so important and loved by all around him but he couldn’t recognize it. Rajesh Khanna plays the man who meets the angel Raj Kapoor, after he commits suicide.
The film was not well publicized before its release and being released at a time when multi-star films ruled the roost, this classic was a box office failure. However, over the years it has been appreciated by audiences. In the Bollywood Guide Collections, critics gave the film 4 stars of 5.
The idea of an angel helping a dead person in realizing his significance on earth was also adopted in the 2005 film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!, in which Shahid Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt play respective roles of Rajesh Khanna and Raj Kapoor, with Dutt playing a modern Yamraj. The musical score was composed by Salil Chowdhury while the songs were composed by R. D. Burman
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