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{{short description|1959 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Anari
| image = Anari59.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = L. B. Lachman
| writer = [[Inder Raj Anand]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Raj Kapoor]]<br />[[Nutan]]<br />[[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]]<br />[[Lalita Pawar]]
| music = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = Jaywant Pathare
| editing = Hrishikesh Mukherjee
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1959|01|16}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =

}}

'''''Anari''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1959|1959]] [[Bollywood]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]. The film stars [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Nutan]], [[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]] and [[Lalita Pawar]]. The music was by [[Shankar Jaikishan]] and the lyrics by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]] as well as [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]. This was among the few movies 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]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thesouthernnightingale.net/2017/05/31/enge-thaan-povaai-pasamum-nesamum-1964-tamil-feature-film/ |title="Enge Thaan Povaai" – Pasamum Nesamum (1964) – Tamil Feature Film |date=May 31, 2017 |website=thesouthernnightingale.net |access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> and in Turkish as ''Enayi''.

''Anari'' was released on 16 January 1959 and met with critical acclaim. Film critics had praised the screenplay and performances of lead actors in the film. Subsequently it became [[List of Bollywood films of 1959|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 proprietorship|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; pleased 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. 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, is arrested, and held 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.<ref>2:35:50 in the film, available e.g. at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HujdhyUcfrw</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Raj Kapoor]] ... Raj Kumar
*[[Nutan]] ... Aarti Sohanlal
*[[Lalita Pawar]] ... Mrs. L. D'Sa
*[[Shubha Khote]] ... Asha
*[[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]] ... Seth. Ramnath Sohanlal
*[[Mukri]] ... Kamdaar
*[[Nana Palsikar]] ... Evil Priest
*[[Ruby Mayer]] ... Girl's College Facilitator

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)!! Music Director !!Lyricist!!Duration
|-
| 1
| "Dil Ki Nazar Se"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
| Shankar Jaikishan
| [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
| 04:38
|-
| 2
| "Nineteen Fifty Six"
| Lata Mangeshkar, [[Manna Dey]]
| [[Manna Dey]] , Shankar Jaikishan
|Shailendra
| 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]].

==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 (lyricist)|Shailendra]] for "Sab Kuchh Seekha Ham Ne"
* 1959 [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award]] for [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] for "Sab Kuchh Seekha Ham Ne"
* [[7th National Film Awards|1959]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]<ref name="7thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf|title=7th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=4 September 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar Jaikishan]]
[[Category:Best Hindi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|052560}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080919001850/http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/Anari.html A study of film ''Anari'' - Indian Cinema, University of Iowa]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181203042530/https://www.hrishikeshmukherjee.com/ The official tribute site for director Hrishikesh Mukherjee]
*[https://lyricssha.com/kisi-ki-muskurahaton-pe-lyrics/ Kisiki Muskurahaton Pe Ho Nisar song Lyrics]

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}
{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

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