Jagte Raho became one of Raj Kapoor's best remembered films, winning him a
nomination for the Best Actor Filmfare Award. This film won the Grand Prix at
the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1957. The film
is also a swan song of sorts, Motilal, as a drunkard ("Zindagi khwab hai"), gave
one of his best performances at the tail end of his acting career and Nargis did
her last role with Raj Kapoor in the film, appearing only in the last scene
which became Hindi cinema's most haunting images. Filled with the longing beauty
of Salil Chowdhury's music and the song "Jaago Mohan Pyare", the film is Raj
Kapoor's most poignant films.
