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About the film
Anari is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language comedy 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 and Shailendra. This was among the few films in which Lalita Pawar played a positive role and Motilal a role with shades of grey. The film was remade in Tamil as Pasamum Nesamum (1964) and in Turkish as Derbeder (1960), Enayi (1974).
It became the highest-grossing film of 1959 with Box Office India declaring it "Super Hit".
Plot
Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome, and intelligent young man. Working only as a sole trader painter, he is unable to earn a living, including paying rent to his kind-hearted and talkative landlady, Mrs. D'sa. One day, Raj finds a wallet containing money and returns it to the owner, Mr. Ramnath. Ramnath admires Raj; satisfied with his honesty, he employs Raj to work in his office as a clerk. Raj meets Ramnath's maidservant Asha and they fall in love with each other. This all ends when Raj finds out that Asha is really Aarti, the niece of his employer and she had lied about her poverty only to get close to Raj. Unfortunately, his landlady Mrs. D'sa dies suddenly consuming medicine manufactured by Mr. Ramnath. The police conduct a post-mortem and as a result, conclude that someone poisoned Mrs. D'sa. The police take Raj for questioning as the prime suspect, arrest him, and hold him in jail. In the trial, however, Ramnath admits full responsibility for the tainted medicine, clearing Raj of the charges. Aarti tells Raj she promised Mrs. D'sa she would take care of him, someone who is "as big an idiot as the world is clever," giving a sense that they will marry.
Trivia
Motilal plays Nutan's uncle in the film. In real life, he lived with Nutan's mother, Shobhana Samarth.
In the office scene Mukri says " Aaj ka kaam Kal Karo, Kal ka kaam parson..." this dialogue was repeated by Hrishikesh Mukherjee in his 1979 film Gol Maal.
Awards
1960 Filmfare Best Actor Award - Raj Kapoor
1960 Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Shankar Jaikishan
1960 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Lalita Pawar
Key details
| Release year | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Language | Hindi |
| Director | Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The |
| Starring | Raj Kapoor, Lalita Pawar |
Frequently Asked Questions
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Anari is a Hindi-language film released in 1959, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The.
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Anari was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The.
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Anari stars Raj Kapoor, Lalita Pawar.
What is Anari about?
Anari is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Motilal and Lalita Pawar.
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Reference: Wikipedia
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