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Javed Akhtar (screenplay)
Inder Raj Anand (dialogue)
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Orphaned Raju, in the company of four elephants, has to perform with them at street corners, in order to keep alive... more | add synopsis
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Jumbo and the return of the elephants - Feature
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Cast

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Rajesh Khanna ... Raj Kumar 'Raju'
Tanuja ... Tanuja
David Abraham ... Johnny Chacha (as David)
Sujit Kumar ... Gangu
K.N. Singh ... Sarwan Kumar
Madan Puri ... Ratanlal
Abhi Bhattacharya ... Mr. Kumar - Raju's father
Randhir
Bihari (as Behari)
Gurnam Singh
Devar
Mehmood Jr. ... Chhote / Jhamurey
Kumari Naaz ... Paro (as Naaz)
Jaya Kumari
Udaya Kumari
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UK:15 (cut)
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8 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
It's difficult to forget this film..., 3 January 2006
7/10
Author: dobromir from Bulgaria

I decided to watch the film on TV because I understood that it had been extremely famous in Bulgaria in the 1970s and lots of people came out from the cinema crying.So I was curious to see "Haathi Mere Saathi" and I really enjoyed it.

The protagonist is Raj Kumar-a young man whose life had been saved by four elephants when he was a kid.Since then he loves them and doesn't think of them as "animals" but as real "friends".He fells in love with the beautiful Tanu.Unfortunately,Raj Kumar loses his fortune and becomes a poor man.But Tanu follows him and they struggle with life with the help of the faithful elephants.

Yes,the story looks naive.But what's more important is that this film makes something that few films are capable of nowadays-proved the great power of friendship and love in a really touching way.The songs are wonderful and the animals are trained incredibly well.Undoubtedly a highly recommendable film!

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