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{{Infobox film
| name = Insaaniyat
| image = Insaaniyat74.jpg
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| caption =
| director = Prayag Raj
| producer = {{ubl|Jagdish Varma|Satpal Varma|Sunil Varma (Executive Producer)}}
| writer = [[K.A. Narayan]] (Story & Screenplay)
| narrator =
| starring = [[Shashi Kapoor]]<br />Madhu<br />[[Sujit Kumar]]
| music = [[Shankar-Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = N.V. Srinivas
| editing = Kamalakar
| studio = J.V. Films
| distributor = J.V. Films
| released = 1974
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Insaaniyat''''' (English: Humanity) is a [[Bollywood films of 1974|1974]] [[Bollywood]] [[drama film]] directed by Prayag Raj.<ref name= Insan1>{{cite web|title= Insaaniyat (1974) Hindi Movie Review, Songs, Trailer |
url= https://muvyz.com/moviepage/ye461718 |website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz|access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> The film stars [[Shashi Kapoor]], Madhu and [[Sujit Kumar]] in pivotal roles with [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Durga Khote]], [[Krishan Dhawan]], [[Roopesh Kumar]] and [[Kamal Kapoor]] in supporting roles.<ref name= Insan2>{{cite web|title= Insaaniyat (1974) Movie Review |url= https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/movie-details/insaaniyat |publisher=Indian Film History|access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Insan3>{{cite web|title= Insaaniyat Review |url= https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/insaaniyat-2/| publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref>

''Insaaniyat'' was the first film produced and distributed by J.V. Films; Madhu, the leading actress in the film, made her debut in the film. ''Insaaniyat'' was also one of the few Indian movies to prominently feature the Great Bombay Circus, India’s oldest circus company.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.thehindu.com/society/circus-is-about-to-go-extinct-in-india/article30514120.ece|title= Circuses likely to go extinct In India | publisher = The Hindu| date= 9 January 2020|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>

==Plot==
Dilip ([[Shashi Kapoor]]) and Ram ([[Sujit Kumar]]) have been close friends for much of their lives. Whereas Ram is now married to Asha (Aarti), Dilip lives a care-free life with his wealthy father Karamchand (Mubarak) who is trying to get Dilip married to his friend Poonamchand’s ([[Hari Shivdasani]]) daughter. Dilip, in the meantime spends much of his time wooing Leena (Madhu) who rebuffs him initially but eventually falls in love with him.

All seems to going well until one day Karamchand falls seriously ill and on his deathbed tells Dilip that he is not his father. After prodding their loyal servant Ramu ([[Krishan Dhawan]]), Dilip learns that he was the son of a judge ([[Kamal Kapoor]]) who had sentenced Raghuveer ([[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]]), a criminal, to a long prison term. Twenty years ago Raghuveer had escaped from prison and brutally murdered Dilip’s father, mother and siblings.

Not surprisingly, Dilip is determined to find Raghuveer and places an ad in the newspapers offering a handsome reward to anybody who can help him locate Raghuveer. Michael (Surinder Makkar), who works for a circus, responds to this ad, but is murdered by Raghuveer’s henchman, Girdharilal, ([[Roopesh Kumar]]) before he can inform Dilip that Raghveer has changed his name to Diwan and is now the owner of the circus. When Dilip learns about this from Michael’s girlfriend, he together with Ram and Leena proceed with a plan on going after Raghuveer.

What is not known to Dilip is that Raguveer is Ram’s father who had left Ram and his mother ([[Durga Khote]]) twenty years ago. The rest of the film unfolds with the complications that arise when Ram learns that Raghuveer is his father, and how Dilips’s plan for taking his revenge on Raghuveer will affect the friendship between Ram and Dilip.

==Cast==
*[[Shashi Kapoor]] as Dilip
*[[Madhu]] as Leena
*[[Sujit Kumar]] as Ram
*[[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]] as Raghuveer / Diwan
*[[Jagdeep]] as Abdullah
*[[Durga Khote]] as Ram's mother
*Aarti as Ram's wife
*[[Krishan Dhawan]] as Ramu
*[[Roopesh Kumar]] as Girdharilal, a Circus Employee
*[[Kamal Kapoor]] as Judge (Dilip's father)
*[[Pinchoo Kapoor]] as John
*[[Viju Khote]] as a Circus Employee
*Surinder Makkar as Michael, a circus trapeze artist
*[[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Ramesh
*[[Hari Shivdasani]] as Poonamchand

== Soundtrack ==
Music of the film was composed by the duo of [[Shankar-Jaikishan]] and the songs were penned by lyricists [[Hasrat Jaipuri]] and [[Indeevar]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/insaaniyat_1974.htm |title= Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Insaaniyat (1974) |publisher=Hindigeetmala.com |accessdate=September 12, 2021}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Mere Yaar Ki Yaari Dekhke, Ek Surat Pyari Dekhke"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
|-
| "Main Tumse Pyar Karta"
| [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
|-
| "Baat Bhi Kya Humse"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|}

==Production==
The children of three brothers, Bhagwan Das Varma, Munshiram Varma and Santram Varma (founders of [[Varma Films]] that had made box-office hits like [[Suhaag Raat]], [[Patanga (1949 film)|Patanga]] and [[Baadal (1951 film)|Badal]]), pooled their resources in producing ''Insaaniyat''. Jagdish Varma and Satpal Varma, sons of Bhagwan Das Varma, were producers of the film. Sunil Varma, son of Munshiram Varma, was the film’s executive producer.

Madhu Makkar (a.k.a. Madhu), née Madhu Varma, daughter of Munshiram Varma, was cast as Leena in one of the three pivotal roles on ''Insaaniyat'' opposite veteran actor [[Shashi Kapoor]],<ref>{{cite web| url= https://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/shashi-kapoor-passes-away-at-79-a-tribute-4967744/ |title= Shashi Kapoor Passes away at 79: A pictorial tribute to the Bollywood legend | publisher = Indian Express| date= 5 December 2017|access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref> who was cast in another pivotal role. The third pivotal role in ''Insaaniyat '' was played by [[Sujit Kumar]], who had recently married Kiran Singh, née Kiran Varma, daughter of Santram Varma. Also, Surinder Makkar, spouse of Madhu Makkar, was cast in an important character role in ''Insaaniyat ''.

The producers had originally signed up [[Manmohan Desai]], leading director of the 1970s,<ref>{{cite book|last=Rajadhyaksha|first=Ashish|title=Encyclopedia of Indian cinema|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1994|isbn=9780195635799|location=|page=84}}</ref> to direct ''Insaaniyat ''. When conflicts arose between the producers and Manmohan midway through the making of the film, he was replaced by Prayag Raj.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0395602|title=Insaaniyat}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1974 drama films]]

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