Boot Polish

Preteen brother and sister, abandoned by their father to care of an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning to shine shoes instead of begging. Boot Polish is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language Comedy Drama movie starring Kumari Naaz, Ratan Kumar, David Abraham, Chand Burke, Veera, Bhupendra Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. R. K. Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Raj Kapoor. Boot Polish is written by Bhanu Pratap and directed by Prakash Arora. R. K. Films acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Boot Polish was released on 20th August 1954. The screenplay for the movie was written by Bhanu Pratap. Cinematography was done by Tara Dutt and editing by G. G. Mayekar. The music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan. At the 1955 Filmfare Awards It won an award for Best Cinematographer.