Movie Name : Anari

Producer : L. B. Films

Director : Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Music Director : Shankar Jaikishen

Lyrics : Shailendra & Hasrat Jaipuri

Songs :

Ban Ke Yeh Panchhi Gaye Pyar Ka Tarana - Lata Mangeshkar (Lyrics : Hasrat Jaipuri)

Tera Jana - Lata Mangeshkar (Lyrics : Shailendra)

Kisi Ke Muskarahaton Pe Hon Nisar - Mukesh (Lyrics : Shailendra) (Click here to hear the sound)

Sub Kuch Seekha Humne - Mukesh (Lyrics : Shailendra) (Click here to hear the sound)

Dil Ke Nazar Se - Lata Mangeshkar & Mukesh (Lyrics : Shailendra)

Woh Chand Khila Woh Taare Hanse - Lata Mangeshkar & Mukesh (Lyrics : Hasrat Jaipuri)

Nineteen Fifty Six Nineteen Fifty Seven - Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey & Chorus (Lyrics : Shailendra)

Film Synopsis :

The naive painter Raj (Raj Kapoor) lodges with the devout, rather maternal Mrs D'Sa (Lalita Pawar). Raj falls in love with Aarti (Nutan), the neice of the wealthy pharmaceuticals manufacturer Ramnath (Motilal) who is Raj's employer. To sidestep class differences, Aarti pretends to be her own maid. This stratagem leads to problems aggravated when Mrs D'Sa dies after taking medicines made by Ramnath's company. Raj is accused of having poisoned her. Eventually Ramnath acknowledges responsibility for the crime. Although directed and edited by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the film's cynical view of capital accumulation betrays Kapoor's authorial signature (Shree 420 -1955). The presence of Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri and Shankar-Jaikishen, close collaborators of the RK banner, as well as the expected Mukesh solo showing a philosophising tramp (Kisi ke muskurahaton pe hon nisar) underline Kapoor's direct influence on the film.

- Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema - Ashish Rajadhyaksha& Paul Willemen - New Revised Edition 1999-