''Raja Jani'' () is a 1972 Indian

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-language film, produced by Madan Mohla, directed by Mohan Segal, and written by S. Ali Raza. The film stars

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, Johnny Walker,

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, Sajjan, Helen and Bindu. The music is by

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. ''Raja Jani'' was the fourth highest-grossing film of the year. It is loosely based on the 1956 American film ''

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'' and was itself remade in

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in 1983 as ''

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''.

Plot

Raj Kumar Singh "Raja" tries to find a girl who would be a perfect impostor to take the place of the missing princess Ratna. During an assassination of her parents she disappeared, and during the last ten years her grandmother, queen Rajmata has been looking for her. Raja finds a street dancer named Shanno, and finally, after extensive training concerning the etiquette, they can disguise and present her as the long lost princess in order to get the reward money for finding her. Shanno enters the house as the long-awaited princess. What Raja does not know is that Shanno is in fact the real princess.

Cast

as Raj Kumar Singh "Raja" *

as Ratna / Shanno *

as Diwan Gajendra Singh *

as Pratap Bahadur Singh * Johnny Walker as Imartilal *

as Rajmata * Sajjan as Khairati * Nadira as Shanno's foster mother *

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as Dr. Nigam * C. S. Dubey as Bagla Seth's Servant * Helen as Item Dancer (Guest Appearance) * Suresh * Manmohan as Latpat Seth (Guest Appearance) * Bindu as Raja's Ex-Girlfriend (Guest Appearance) *Rajan Haskar

Soundtrack

The music composed by

References

External links

* 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi films remade in other languages 1970s Urdu-language films Urdu films remade in other languages Urdu-language Indian films {{Improve categories, date=April 2024