Khandan (1965 film)

Khandan
Directed by	A. Bhimsingh
Produced by	Vasu Menon
Starring	Sunil Dutt Nutan Om Prakash
Cinematography	V. Babasaheb
Edited by	A. Paul Doraisingham
Music by	Ravi
Release dates	23 September, 1965 (India)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Khandan (lit. 'Family') is a 1965 Hindi film directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Pran, Om Prakash, Lalita Pawar, Helen and Mumtaz. The films music is by Ravi. A box-office success, the film became the seventh highest earning film of 1965, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 2,80,00,000 and a net of Rs. 1,40,00,000.^[1] The film was a remake of director's own Tamil film Bhaaga Pirivinai.^[2]

Plot[]

Two young men, Jeevandas and Shankar inherit a substantial area of farmland on their father Ramswaroop Lal's passing. Jeevandas marries Bhagwanti, but they are childless, while Shankar marries Parvati and they have two sons, Govind and Shyam. Govind becomes paralysed in his right hand, due to an accident (electric shock). Many years in the future, Shyam leaves to become educated in the city, but on returning finds the family split in two by disagreement and bitterness; Jeevandas, Bhagwanti, Shyam, Navrangi and Neelima on one side, and Govind, his wife, Radha, Shankar and Parvati on the other. He borrows more money, this time from Shyam, to purchase an elephant. Govind and Radha soon celebrate the birth of a completely healthy baby boy, Navjeevandas Lal. Later, Navrangi intends to begin staging a show using the elephant at the carnival, where a boy is thrown from the trunk, and he intends using Govind's son. Later, Navjeevandas is abducted by Navrangi. Govind and Radha get to the carnival and save Navjeevandas. Navrangi attacks Govind, but surprisingly, Govind is snapped out of paralysis and fights Navrangi. Moments later, when Navrangi is about to kill Govind and Shyam, Jeevandas and the rest of the family intervenes and discovers that he started the division of their home. Later, Navrangi is arrested and Govind and Shyam tear down the wall that separated the house. In the end, Jeevandas recites a prayer with the rest of the family united.

Cast[]

• Om Prakash ... Jeevandas Lal
• Lalita Pawar ... Bhagwanti Jeevandas Lal
• Manmohan Krishna ... Shankar Lal
• Sulochana Chatterjee ... Parvati Shankar Lal
• Sunil Dutt ... Govind Lal
• Nutan ... Radha Govind Lal
• Sudesh Kumar ... Shyam Lal
• Mumtaz ... Neelima Shyam Lal
• Pran... Navrangi Lal
• Mohan Choti ... Manmauji
• Helen ... Jati (Dancer)
• ... Sati (Dancer)

Soundtrack[]

The music of the movie was composed by Ravi, and won him Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

Awards[]

• Filmfare Best Actor Award for Sunil Dutt
• Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Ravi
• Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for Lata Mangeshkar for "Tumhi Meri Mandir"
• Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for Rajendra Krishan for "Tumhi Meri Mandir"

References[]

External links[]

• Khandan at IMDb