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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Lajwanti<br />
| image = Lajwanti (1958 film).jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Narendra Suri]]<br />
| producer = Mohan Segal<br />
| writer = [[Sachin Bhowmick]]<br />Umesh Mathur<br />Surendra Shailaja<br />
| starring = [[Balraj Sahni]]<br />[[Nargis]]<br />
| cinematography = M. N. Malhotra<br />
| editing = Pratap Dave<br />
| music = [[S. D. Burman]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|1958}}<br />
| runtime = 120 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Lajwanti''''' is a 1958 Indian [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Narendra Suri]]. It was entered into the [[1959 Cannes Film Festival]], where it was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] for Best Film.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3435/year/1959.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Lajwanti |access-date=14 March 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> The film was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Engal Selvi]]'' (1960).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/from-lajwanthi-to-engal-selvi/ |title=From Lajwanthi to Engal Selvi |last=Sriram |first=V. |authorlink=V. Sriram |date=14 August 2018 |website=Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music |access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Balraj Sahni]] as Nirmal Kumar<br />
* [[Nargis]] as Mrs. Kavita Kumar<br />
* [[Kumari Naaz|Naaz]] as Renu <br />
* [[Radhakrishan]] as Pyare Mohan <br />
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as Mrs. Godavari<br />
* [[Mumtaz Begum (actress)|Mumtaz Begum]] as Jamna<br />
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Nirmal's Sister<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Chanda Re, Chanda Re" (Happy) <br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Chanda Re, Chanda Re" (Sad) <br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Koi Aaya, Dhadkan Kehti Hai"<br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Ek Hans Ka Joda"<br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Ga Mere Man Ga"<br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Chanda Mama, Mere Dwar Aana, Leke Kirnon Ke Haar Aana"<br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Manna Dey]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Aaja, Chhaye Kare Badra"<br />
| [[Geeta Dutt]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<ref name="6thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|title=6th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=3 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* [[6th National Film Awards|1959]] - [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] - Certificate of Merit<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0051842|title=Lajwanti}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi |state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:1958 films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1958 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by S. D. Burman]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]<br />
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