Kitaab

Babla, a young boy who moves to the city to attend a better school, enjoys his new surroundings and befriends a classmate, but his family becomes disappointed with his behavior and lack of interest in studying, leading him to run away and encounter a kind woman who passes away, making him realize the difficulties faced by the poor, prompting him to return home and promise to take his studies seriously. Kitaab is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language Drama movie featuring Master Raju, Master Tito, Uttam Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Dina Pathak, Shreeram Lagoo and Anees Bazmee. The movie is inspired from Pathik by Samaresh Basu. Kitaab was Produced by Gulzar Kalra, Pranlal V. Mehta and Pranlal Mehta. Kitaab is written by Bhushan Banmali, Samaresh Basu, Gulzar Kalra and Debabrata Sengupta and it is directed by Gulzar Kalra. Kitaab was released on 31st December 1977. Cinematography was done by M. Sampat. The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman along with R. D. Burman and Gulzar.