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), (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.2:35:50 in the film, available e.g. at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HujdhyUcfrw
Cast Raj Kapoor as Raj Kumar Nutan as Aarti Sohanlal / Asha Lalita Pawar as Mrs. L. D'Sa Shubha Khote as Asha Motilal as Seth. Ramnath Sohanlal Mukri as Kamdaar Nana Palsikar as Evil Priest Ruby Mayer as Girl's College Facilitator Cuckoo Moray as Aarti's friend
Soundtrack # Title Singer(s) Music director LyricistDuration 1 "Dil Ki Nazar Se" Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh Shankar Jaikishan Shailendra 04:38 2 "Nineteen Fifty Six" Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey Manna Dey, Shankar JaikishanShailendra 04:59 3 "Woh Chand Khila Woh Tare" Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh Shankar Jaikishan Hasrat Jaipuri 04:13 4 "Sab Kuchh Seekha Ham Ne" Mukesh Shankar Jaikishan Shailendra 03:40 5 "Ban Ke Panchhi Gaaye Pyar Ka Tarana" Lata Mangeshkar Shankar Jaikishan Hasrat Jaipuri 03:35 6 "Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe" Mukesh Shankar Jaikishan Shailendra 04:31 7 "Tera Jana" Lata Mangeshkar Shankar Jaikishan Shailendra 03:41
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 1960 Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for Shailendra for "Sab Kuchh Seekha Ham Ne" 1960 Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for Mukesh for "Sab Kuchh Seekha Ham Ne" 1959: President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi
References
External links
Anari at YouTube A study of film Anari - Indian Cinema, University of Iowa The official tribute site for director Hrishikesh Mukherjee Kisiki Muskurahaton Pe Ho Nisar song Lyrics