''Dhanwan'' is a 1981 Hindi film starring

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in the lead role, paired opposite

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and produced by Sohanlal Kanwar. The supporting cast includes

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and

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was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards, the only one for the film.

plays the role of a defiant widow who reforms the egotistical

in the film. Music is by Hridayanath Mangeshkar and Lyrics by

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Synopsis

Vijay is a very proud rich man who thinks money can buy anything. He harbors love for Asha and tries to win her over, but she rejects him for his arrogance. He gets angry as well as disappointed when Asha marries an accounting clerk instead. Soon after, he is involved in car accident in which he loses his eyesight completely, and the doctor thinks Vijay will need a new pair of eyes. Vijay orders eyes, but it isn't as simple as Vijay thought, the doctor explains to him that it's difficult to find an eye donor. That is when Vijay realizes that money cannot buy everything in life. Then he starts believing in God and starts chanting prayers. Only a few days later, he finds a donor and his eyes are operated upon. Now Vijay can see and he also has realized that money is indeed very useless in certain circumstances. On inquiry, he learns that the eyes implanted on him are of Anil, his accounts clerk and the person who married Asha. Now Asha is a widow as Anil has been executed after being falsely implicated in a case of theft. It now becomes the aim of the now big hearted generous tycoon Vijay to protect Asha and find the truth as to how Anil got into trouble and to prove the world that Anil was innocent.

Cast

as Vijay Kumar Saxena *

as Asha Nath *

as Anil Verma *

as Dara *

as Jummaddin Khan *

as Pathan's wife

Music

* "Idhar Aa Aa Bhi Jaa" –

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* "Maro Bhar Bharke Pichkari" – Kishore Kumar,

Usha Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer who has recorded many Marathi, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese songs. She is the youngest among four Mangeshkar sisters, after Lata Mangeshkar, Meena ...

* "Yeh Ankhein Dekh Kar" –

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar (; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He ...

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* "Kuchh Log Mohabbat Ko" – Lata Mangeshkar * "Balle Balle Bhai Reshmi Dupatta" – Lata Mangeshkar,

Mahendra Kapoor Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as ''Chalo ekbaar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono'' ( Gumrah) and ''Neele Gagan ...

Reception

It received four stars in the Bollywood guide ''Collections''.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0373790, Dhanwan 1981 films 1981 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by Surendra Mohan Films scored by Hridaynath Mangeshkar