Dhanaka

Movie Review
Release on: Sep 27, 1969

Movie name	:	Dhanaka
Genres	:	Drama, Musical, Romance
Run time	:	169 min
Produced by	:	Manish Mundra, Nagesh Kukunoor ,Elahe Hiptoola
Directed by	:	Shakti Samanta
Music by	:	Tapas Relia
Writers	:	Sachin Bhowmick, Ramesh Pant
Cinematography	:	Chirantan Das
Edited by	:	Sanjib Dutta
Production	:	Kukunoor Movies Drishyam Films
Countries	:	India

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Stars : Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Sujit Kumar, Farida Jalal, Anita Dutt, Madan Puri, Ashok Kumar, Abhi Bhattacharya, Asit Kumar Sen, Manmohan, Pahadi Sanyal, Master Puran, Master Shahid, Dulari, Sadhana Patel, Birbal, Ram Avtar, Brahm Bhardwaj, Uma Dutt, Krishnakant, Radheshyam, Lalita Kumari, M.A. Latif, Ramayan Tiwari, Gurnam Singh, Haroon, C.S. Dubey, Subroto Mahapatra, Sikander Azam, Abhimanyu Sharma, Ratan Gaurang, Subhash Ghai

Story : Dashing pilot Arun romances Vandana Tripathi, and both in love with each other, become very intimate, and as a result Vandana gets pregnant. Arun and Vandana have a quiet temple wedding ceremony, and Arun leaves to re-join his duties. Unfortunately, Arun is killed, and Vandana is unable to convince anyone of her marriage with him, and as such must re-locate to hide her shame. She gives birth to a baby boy, who she must place in an orphanage, and then adopt. Unfortunately for her, the boy, Suraj, is adopted by someone else. She manages to find out their whereabouts, and gets a job as a servant. When she is about to be molested by Shyam, a relative, Suraj witnesses this, and kills him. Vandana takes the blame for this killing and is sentenced to imprisonment, leaving her son and her life behind, for a crime she did not commit. When she returns everything has changed, and she is unable to locate the family where her son was.

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We all need a li'l bit of sparkle and rainbow in our lives. Director Nagesh Kukunoor's Dhanaka reminds us of the small joys of life and teaches us a lesson in dealing with our sorrows. Who better to learn this from, than kids? Nagesh's keen understanding of human emotions comes handy as he makes the young Pari his protagonist

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Dhanaka

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