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{{Infobox film
| name = Jan Pahchan
| image = Jan Pahchan.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Fali Mistry]]
| producer = Fali Mistry Robin Chaterjee
| writer = [[Ramanand Sagar]] R.P. Sharma
| narrator =
| starring = [[Raj Kapoor]] [[Nargis]] [[Jeevan (Hindi actor)|Jeevan]]
| music = [[Manna Dey]] [[Khemchand Prakash]] Cecil Mendoza
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1950}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}
'''''Jan Pahechan''''' is a 1950 Hindi-language film directed by Fali Mistry, and starring [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Nargis]] in lead roles, with Jeevan, Shama Dulari, Neelam and Sankatha in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jan-pahechan/cast/|title=Jan Pahechan Cast List - Jan Pahechan Movie Star Cast - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807115746/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jan-pahechan/cast/|archive-date=7 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The producers are Robin Chatterjee and [[Fali Mistry]]. The film's music was composed by [[Manna Dey]] (as Mana Dey), Cecil Mendoza and Khemchand Prakash. The film was based on a story written by Ramanand Sagar and R.P. Sharma.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema|last=Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi)|first=Produced Between 1913-1988|publisher=Screen World Publication|year=1988|location=University of California|pages=57}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Asha is a very poor woman from a village who is living with her mother and blind father. When her mother dies, her father marries another woman named Rukmani who is very abusive to Asha. Rukmani wants Asha to marry an old villager named Lallu, but her plan fails. Meanwhile, an artist named Anil comes to the village to stay with his friend Jeevan. Anil and Asha fall in love but their affair is kept secret. Later Asha becomes pregnant. Anil suffers from an accident when he returns from his hometown after seeing his dying father. Anil is reluctant to meet Asha as his face gets disfigured in the accident. In order to save Asha from being shamed, Jeevan takes responsibility for Asha's pregnancy. Later Asha returns and meets Anil again.

== Cast ==
*[[Nargis]] as Asha
*[[Raj Kapoor]] as Anil
*[[Jeevan (Hindi actor)|Jeevan]] as Jeevan
*[[Shama Dulari]]
*Neelam
*Amar
*Sankatha Prashad
*Amir Banoo
*[[Mukri]] as Lallu

== Soundtrack ==
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Armanbhare Dil Ki Lagan Tere Liye Hai"
| [[Talat Mahmood]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Bhulnewale Tujhe Apni"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Nain Mila Ke Dil Cheena"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Duniya Mohabbat Karne"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Pardesi Se Lag Gayi Preet"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Aaoge Na Sajan, Aaoge Na"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| "Zamana Ulfat Ke Gun Gaye"
| [[Rajkumari Dubey|Rajkumari]]
|-
| "Dukh Se Bhara Hua Hai"
| [[Shankar Dasgupta]]
|-
| "Hum Kya Batayen"
| [[Shankar Dasgupta]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{IMDb title|0386542}}

[[Category:1950 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1950 films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1950 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Fali Mistry]]
[[Category:Hindi-language romantic drama films]]

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