Anari

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name = Anari


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director = Hrishikesh Mukherjee
producer = L.B Lachman
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starring = Raj Kapoor
Nutan
Motilal
music = Shankar Jaikishan
lyrics = Hasrat Jaipuri
cinematography = Jaywant Pathare
editing = Hrishikesh Mukherjee
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released = 1959
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country = flagicon|India India
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0052560

"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.

Cast

*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

External links

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* [http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/Anari.html A study of film "Anari" - Indian Cinema, University of Iowa]
* [http://www.hrishikeshmukherjee.com The official tribute site for director Hrishikesh Mukherjee]