Anari

For other uses, see Anari (disambiguation).

Anari
Poster
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by	L. B. Lachman
Written by	Inder Raj Anand (dialogue, screenplay, story)
Starring	Raj Kapoor Nutan Motilal
Music by	Shankar Jaikishan
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Editing by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Release date(s)	1959
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Anari is a 1959 Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Motilal and Lalita Pawar. The music was by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri as well as Shailendra (both lyricists and music directors being regular in Raj Kapoor films). Among the few movies that Lalita Pawar played a positive role and Motilal a role with shades of grey.

Plot

Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man to boot. He works as a sole Trader therefore a painter by trade, but unable to earn a living, and unable to pay rent to his kind-hearted but talkative landlady, Mrs. D'sa. One day Raj finds a wallet containing money, and he returns it to the owner, Ramnath. Ramnath admires Raj and pleased with his honesty employs him to work in his office as a Receptionist. Raj meets with Ramnath's maidservant, Asha, and soon both fall in love. This all ends when Raj finds out that Asha is really Aarti, the daughter of his employer. He then alienates himself from his employer and his daughter, and looks after his ailing landlady by cooking and serving her daily meals. Unfortunately, she passes away suddenly. The police conduct a post-mortem, and as a result find out that Mrs. D'sa was poisoned. Raj became the prime suspect and is subsequently taken for questioning, and is arrested and held in a cell. Later on Raj planned a narrow escape which was successful and goes out to find evidence to prove his innocence.

Cast

• Venkatesh ... Venkatesh
• Raj Kapoor ... Raj Kumar
• Nutan ... Aarti Sohanlal
• Lalita Pawar ... Mrs. L. D'Sa
• Shubha Khote ... Asha
• Motilal ... Seth. Ramnath Sohanlal
• Mukri ... Kamdhar
• Ashim Kumar
• Nana Palsikar ... Evil Priest
• Paul Mahendra
• Brahm Bhardwaj
• Vishwa Mehra
• Ruby Mayer ... Girl's College Facilitator

Trivia

Motilal plays Nutan's uncle in the film. In real life, he lived with Nutan's mother, Shobhana Samarth.

Awards

• 1959 Filmfare Best Actor Award for Raj Kapoor
• 1959 Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Shankar Jaikishan
• 1959 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Lalita Pawar
• 1959 Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for Shailendra
• 1959 Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for Mukesh
• 1959 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

Soundtrack

• "Ban Ke Panchhi" - Lata Mangeshkar
• "Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe" - Mukesh
• "Woh Chand Khila" - Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
• "1956, 1957, 1958, 1959" - Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
• "Dil Ki Nazar Se" - Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
• "Sab Kuch Seekha" - Mukesh
• "Tera Janaa" - Lata Mangeshkar

External links

• Anari at the Internet Movie Database
• A study of film Anari - Indian Cinema, University of Iowa
• The official tribute site for director Hrishikesh Mukherjee