''Aas Ka Panchhi'' is a 1961 Hindi movie produced by J. Om Prakash. It was written by Mohan Kumar and

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and directed by Mohan Kumar. The film stars

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and

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. The film's music was by

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Story

Rajan Khanna lives in a family of four including his father, mother, and younger sister. He is involved with his college mate Neena Bakshi. After graduation, he wants to join the military, but his father wants him to join the same office where he worked for many years. In the heat of the argument, his father gets a heart attack and to make him happy Rajan joins the office. After a while, his father passes away and Rajan joins the army. Later, when he returns, nothing is the same anymore. Neena is engaged to doctor Ramesh. To avoid his misery, Rajan goes back to the military base and takes up a mission to rescue a senior officer Major Bakshi. He is behind enemy lines. Will he return alive? Will he get his love back??

Cast

as Neena Bakshi *

as Rajan 'Raju' Khanna *Raj Mehra as Major Surendra Bakshi *Sunder as Mangal *

Nazir Hussain Nazir Hussain (15 May 1922 – 16 October 1987) was an Indian actor, director and screenwriter. He was famous as a character actor in Hindi cinema and was a pioneer of Bhojpuri cinema. He acted in almost 500 films, with Dev Anand starring in ...

as Nihalchand Khanna *Shaminder as Ramesh * Mumtaz Begum as Mrs. Girdhari *Shivraj as Girdhari *

as Mrs. Nihalchand Khanna *

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as Army Officer

Soundtrack

External links

* 1961 films 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Indian films Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan Films directed by Mohan Kumar {{1960s-Hindi-film-stub