Diwana (1967 film)
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Director Mahesh Kaul Release date 1967 (India) Duration Country India | 7/10 Genre Musical, Romance Screenplay C.L. Kavish Language Hindi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer C.L. Kavish (screenplay) Release date 1967 Music director Shankar Jaikishan, Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi, Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal Cast (Pyarelal), (Kamini Gupta), (Fatima Begum), (Ramdas), Kanhaiyalal Similar movies Raj Kapoor and Lalita Pawar appear in Diwana and Anari |
Diwana is a 1967 Indian Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Kaul. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Saira Banu, Lalita Pawar in pivotal roles. The film made under the Anupam Chitra production banner had music by Shankar-Jaikishan with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra.
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Plot
Pyarelal (Raj Kapoor), a simple-minded and extremely naive young man, who was orphaned at birth, and now lives with Fatima (Lalita Pawar), a Muslim landlady who treats him like her son. Once, he sets on a journey and meets a young woman with whom he falls in love, Kamini Gupta (Saira Banu). Sarmoyadhar (Kamal Kapoor), the person who brought her up happens to be Pyarelal's real father. All of a sudden, Pyarelal is arrested on the charge of murder. No one believes that a harmless man like him could commit a crime, let alone kill. However, Pyarelal openly admits in court that he is indeed guilty, and demands capital punishment for it. The reason he does that unveild several secrets later on.
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