Anari (1959)

Original title

अनाड़ी

Directed by

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Genre

comedy film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 46m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kind-hearted but naive young man gets caught up in misunderstandings and romantic complications. The story follows his attempts to do good while navigating love and family loyalties.

light-heartedwarmwhimsicalfeel-goodslow-burngentlesentimental

What happens

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". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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