Anhonee - 1952 - Raj Kapoor, Nargis

Anhonee, 1952
Director: K.A. Abbas
Music Director: Roshan
Lyrics: Satyendra, Ali Sardar Jafri, Shailendra, P.L. Santoshi
Choreography: Badri Prasad
Playback: Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mahmood, Rajkumari
Cast:
Raj Kapoor as Advocate Raj Kumar Saxena
Nargis as Roop Singh / Mohini Bai (Double Role)
Om Prakash as Shyam Sundar Laddan
Agha as Vidyasagar
David as Munshiji
Achla Sachdev as Champa
Badri Prasad as Thakur Harnam Singh
Salma as Salma Mirza
Shaukat Hashmi
Moti Bina
Habib Alkaf

Anu has created a wonderful set of English subtitles for those that need them (like me).

There was an earlier version of the film uploaded here in the wrong aspect ratio. I had widened it to 656x480, but it wasn't nearly enough. A couple of viewers pointed it out to me and I have reencoded it to a wider and more correct aspect ratio of 720x480. The morons that prepared the source I used are responsible for it because they removed so much of the picture from the top and bottom that resizing it to such a wide resolution was necessary to remove the aspect error. I apologize for any inconvenience.

From the Wikipedia article on the film:

Anhonee (transl. The untoward) is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language psychological drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. The film stars Nargis in a double role alongside Raj Kapoor in the lead, supported by Om Prakash, Agha, David, Achla Sachdev in other prominent roles. The film had music composed by Roshan, while the lyrics were written by Ali Sardar Jafri. Nargis was highly appreciated for enacting a dual role and her performance garnered critical acclaim. Abbas attempted to explore two concepts – Geneticsm and Determinism, a theme which he experimented with in Aawara (1951).

Plot:

The film deals with the story of two sisters – Mohini and Roop – both played by Nargis – one legitimate, and one illegitimate. As time passes by, Roop falls in love with Rajkumar Saxena, an advocate – who is a tenant – comes to pay the house rent to her father, but instead meets Roop. Soon they become involved in a romantic relationship, and Roop convinces her father for their marriage.

As the family plan to organise a party to formally announce the wedding, Rajkumar runs into Mohini, Roop's twin sister, and learns that Mohini is the real daughter. Unable to bear this, Mohini gets into an unpleasant situation, and becomes angry over Rajkumar. In the meanwhile, Roop learns the truth, and tries to save Mohini by deciding to swap the positions of both of them. During this, the marriage happens where Rajkumar unknowingly weds Mohini. When Roop's father becomes aware of this, he dies.

The article mentions Awara. It's an important film for anyone interested in classic Indian film and is found in this channel here:
   • Awara - Raj Kapoor, Nargis  

Here's a link to a playlist of the songs:
   • Anhonee - Main Dil Hoon Ek Armaan Bhara  

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INDIAN COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 CHAPTER I Preliminary (f)
"cinematograph film" means any work of visual recording on any medium produced through a process from which a moving image may be produced by any means and includes a sound recording accompanying such visual recording and cinematograph shall be construed as including any work produced by any process analogous to cinematography including video films.”

"CHAPTER V Term of Copyright 26.Term of copyright in cinematograph films.
In the case of a cinematograph film, copyright shall subsist until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the film is published."

My words:
Indian film copyright (including video, dialog, music, lyrics, songs) lasts for sixty years and any film and its songs released more than sixty years ago is in the public domain. No extensions, no renewals, no exceptions. This film is no longer protected by copyright.