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Shehnai (1964 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Shehnai' is a 1964 Indian Hindi family drama film directed by S. D. Narang. The film stars Biswajeet, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Leela Chitnis, Johnny Walker, Iftekhar and Asit Sen. The story was written by Gulshan Nanda and screenplay by Z. Hussain.[http://musicalaya.net/musicalaya/index.php?page=db_movie_details&mod=3&lan=1&mid=3618 Musicalaya-Shehnai] The film's music was composed by Ravi. The songs "Na Jhatko Zulf Se Pani", "Kya Ajab Saaz Hai Yeh Shehnai", "Is Tarah Toda Mera Dil", "Kitni Jawan Hai Zindagi Kitni Jawan Bahaar" and others were written by Rajendra Krishan.[http://myswar.co/album/shehnai-1964 MySwar-Shehnai 1964] The film is about a pilots widow who goes through hardship and loneliness in order to fulfil her husbands last wish to make their son an Air Force pilot.
Plot
The story starts in 1942 against the backdrop of war. Shobha (Nirupa Roy) and Asha (Veena) are friends married to two pilot officers (Rehman and Iftekhar respectively). Shobha is pregnant and her husband extracts a promise from her that if its a boy she will make him join the Air Force. The next morning the families have to vacate the Air Force station due to war activities. The two pilots are killed when their plane is hit during a mission. Shobha lives with her mother-in-law in Kashmir and gives birth to Deepak. The grandmother fusses over and spoils Deepak. Shobha has to finally send Deepak to a boarding school as he gets into bad company and plays truant from school. The mother-in-law dies leaving Shobha alone to fend for herself. Deepak (Biswajeet) grows up to be an excellent student with a promising future in business. Against his own wishes he joins the Air Force when his mother reminds him of the promise she had made to his father.
Deepak meets Preeti (Rajshree) and they fall in love and plan to get married. Preetis mother Asha, now remarried to a rich businessman (Sapru), is against the marriage as she is still haunted by the death of her first husband. She does not want Preeti to marry an Air Force pilot. Deepak refuses to leave the Air Force even if it means giving up Preeti. He cites his mothers sacrifices in order to give him a good education so that he could join the Air Force. He is sent to the front and gets injured. Preeti has left her home and joined the Red Cross as a nurse. She nurses Deepak back to health and they get married. They reach home to find that Preetis mother has had a change of heart and is happy about their wedding.
Cast
*Biswajeet as Deepak
*Rajshree as Preeti
*Nirupa Roy as Shobha (Deepaks Mother)
*Rehman as Pilot Officer Amarjeet (Shobhas Husband)
*Iftekhar as Pilot Officer (Amarjeets Friend)
*Veena as Asha (Shobhas Friend & Preeti's Mother)
*Johnny Walker as Jaan Mohammad
*Parveen Chowdhry as Preetis Friend
*Leela Chitnis ... Deepaks Grandmother
*Chand Usmani as Salma
*Sapru as Ashas Second Husband
*Honey Irani as Young Deepak
*Asit Sen
*Laxmi Chhaya
*Nazir Kashmiri
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ravi, with lyrics by Rajendra Krishan.
Awards
*Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award 1965 for Nirupa Roy
References
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