Janwar (1965)

Director:

Bhappi Sonie

Writers:

Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)
Sachin Bhowmick (story)

Genre:

Musical | Romance

Plot:

The wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drives them and his own wife away.

Plot Keywords:

Orphan | Father Son Relationship | Dancing | Brother Brother Relationship

Cast

Shammi Kapoor	...	Sunder Srivastava / Sundaram Munderam / Sheikh Kalimullah
Rajshree	...	Sapna
Rehman	...	Mahendra Srivastav
Shyama	...	Seema M. Srivastava
Rajendra Nath	...	Chintu (as Rajindernath)
Madhavi		(as Madhvi)
Achala Sachdev	...	Mrs. Srivastava (as Achla Sachdev)
Krishan Dhawan		(as Krishna Dhawan)
Asit Sen	...	Gyanprasad (as Ashit Sen)
Brahm Bhardwaj	...	Dr. Bannerjee
Shivraj
Manorama	...	Seema's Stepmother
Ravikant
Rani
Madhumati

Also Known As:

Jaanwar (India: Hindi title) (video title)
Janwaar (India: Hindi title) (alternative transliteration)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Filming Locations:

Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Company:

Ruhi Films

Trivia:

A band with the name "Ted Lyons & His Cubs" also appeared in "Gumnaam" (1965) performing the song "Jaan Pehechaan Ho" that Enid is seen dancing to in "Ghost World" (2001). Here, the band wears Beatle wigs and performs the song "Tumse Hai Dil Ko". The music bears more than a slight resemblance to "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the real Beatles.

Soundtrack:

Lal Chhadi Maidan Khadi Kya Khoob Ladi

Excellent fun film with "Tumse Hai Dil Ko"!

I had to post some inquiries on the message boards on IMDb to find this film, because a clip on "You Tube" led me to believe that I had to have this film. The clip is that of "Ted Lyons & his Cubs" (the band in the big dance number at the beginning of "Gumnaam") doing a "sort-of" Beatles take, called Tumse Hai Dil Ko, which was wonderful. And it's right here in the film in all its glory, with Shammi Kapoor shaking and shimmying. At any rate, this film is overall a bit more serious, and it's about family and one's position in society and how THAT doesn't matter much anymore if one has no family. Sunder (Kapoor) loves an orphan girl, and his brother loves a woman that works in his father's office, and their father will not let them marry beneath their station. So of course, much trial & tribulation takes place until the father realizes that position in society is not that important when his family refuses to have anything to do with him anymore. This is all a bit more complicated than that and has the usual songs & comic relief one expects of most Bollywood films. The songs are pretty wonderful, especially the haunting opening theme. Shammi Kapoor is a bit old to be playing a college student (and a tad on the chubby side) but still he's a wonderful actor and quite likable, and the women in this are beautiful & dance wonderfully as well. An enjoyable movie & while "romance/musicals" are not my thing I liked this a lot. 9 out of 10.