Plot Summary:Toddlers Belu and Bhola share an uncertain future when their mom dies in the plague, and their dad is imprisoned. They are then left in the uncaring care of Kamla, their aunt, who moonlights as a prostitute. She is cruel,abusive and forces them to take to a life of begging on the local trains, on beaches and crowded areas in Bombay. This is how the toddlers grow up, they want to lead a respectable life, and with the help of bootlegger John, they get a shoe-shine kit and start shining shoes on busy sidewalks and railway platforms. Their circumstances face more uncertainty when Kamla finds out about their new-found profession, beats them up and throws them out of the house. They temporarily seek shelter with John, but when he is arrested, they have to fend for themselves. Things become bad to worse when Bombay enters the monsoon season, when people do not get their shoes shined; then the duo are separated - with Belu ending up with a rich family, and when she asks about Bhola, she is ...
反映了印度下层人民的贫苦生活。两个小演员表演非常好人。导演秉持着：你就算吃不起饭，要饿死了也不要去乞讨，因为这很可耻，要保持良好品德的何不食肉糜的看法。但是导演拍的太苦了，实在没办法干脆天降有钱养父母来大团圆
第一个哦^-^Y 在少年身上发生的成人世界故事。 是印度吗？意大利吧！