Dhanwan (1981 film)

Dhanwan
Directed by	Surendra Mohan
Produced by	Sohanlal Kanwar
Starring	Rajesh Khanna Reena Roy Rakesh Roshan Aruna Irani Om Prakash
Music by	Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Release date(s)	1981
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Dhanwan is a 1981 Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, paired opposite Reena Roy and produced by Sohanlal Kanwar.^[1]. The supporting cast includes Aruna Irani, Rakesh Roshan, Shakti Kapoor, Om Prakash and Vijayendra Ghatge. Rakesh Roshan was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards, the only one for the film. Reena Roy plays the role of a defiant widow who reforms the egotistical Rajesh Khanna in the film.

Synopsis

Vijay (Rajesh Khanna) is a very proud rich man who thinks money can buy anything. He harbours love for Asha and tries to win her but she rejects him for his arrogance. He gets angry as well as disappointed when Asha marries an accounts clerk instead. Later he meets with a fiery car accident by which he loses his eyesight completely. Doctor says now he will be needing new pair of eyes. Vijay orders for eyes but it isn't as simple as what Vijay thinks. Doctor explains him that its difficult to find an eye donor. Then Vijay relises that money cannot buy everything in life. Then he starts believing in God and starts chanting prayers. Then after few days he does get a donor and his eyes are operated upon. Now Vijay can see and he also has realised that money is indeed very useless in certain circumstances. On enquiry he comes to know that the eyes implanted on him are of Anil, his accounts clerk and the person who married Asha. Now Asha is a widow as Anil has been executed after being falsely implicated on a case of theft. It now becomes an aim of the now big hearted genorous tycoon Vijay to protect Asha and find the truth as to how Anil got into trouble and to prove the world that Anil was innocent.

Reception

It received four stars in the Bollywood guide Collections.^[2]The film grossed 3.9 crores at the box office in 1981.

Cast

• Rajesh Khanna as Vijay
• Reena Roy as Asha
• Rakesh Roshan as Anil

Music

• "Idhar Aa Aa Bhi Jaa" – Kishore Kumar
• "Maro Bhar Bharke Pichkari" – Kishore Kumar
• "Yeh Ankhein Dekh Kar" – Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
• "Kuchh Log Mohabbat Ko" – Lata Mangeshkar
• "Balle Balle Bhai Reshmi Dupatta" – Mahendra Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar

References

1. ^ "Dhanwan – Starring Rajesh Khanna, Rakesh Roshan, Reena Roy, Mazhar Khan, Om Prakash, Aruna Irani, Shakti Kapoor, Vijayendra. Dhanwan's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack". Ibosnetwork.com. http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Dhanwan+(1981). Retrieved 2010-07-12. 
2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?ei=zWkxTPjZN8KB8gbBzNWLAw&ct=result&id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&dq=awaam+&q=Dhanwan#search_anchor

External links

• Dhanwan at the Internet Movie Database