Awaara

A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.

• prison
• slum
• judge
• anti hero
• flashback
• love
• prejudice
• school
• lawyer
• police chase
• orphan
• class differences
• single mother
• criminal
• bandit
• courtroom
• death
• reformatory
• injustice
• told in flashback
• remorse
• suspicion of adultery
• childhood sweetheart
• abandonment
• mother son relationship