Daag is a 1952 Indian Hindi film produced and directed by Amiya Chakrabarty. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Nimmi and Lalita Pawar in lead roles. The film's music is composed by duo Shankar Jaikishan. Dilip Kumar, who is widely considered as one of the greatest actor of the Hindi film industry, for his performance in this film won the first ever Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category. The Awards were instituted from 1954. The film faired well at the box office and was declared "Hit". Shankar and his mother live a poor lifestyle. To earn money he sells. Being the lone bread winner of the... family, he is unable to meet the needs. His debt starts rising higher and higher when he gets addicted to alcohol. He is attracted to Parvati , who also lives a poor lifestyle along with her step-brother, Jagat Narayan, his wife, and their daughter, Pushpa. After an argument with his mother, Shankar departs to the city, gives up drinking, earns a lot of money. He then returns back home and pays off his mortgage. With new confidence he proposes to marry Parvati. But he is then told that Parvati's marriage has been arranged elsewhere.
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| Release date: | 1952 |
| Directed by: | Amiya Chakrabarty |
| Runtime: | 149 Minutes |
| Music by: | Shankar Jaikishan |