Jaanwar (1983 film)
| Jaanwar | |
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| Directed by | Ali Raza |
| Produced by | Pardyuman Mohla |
| Written by | Ali Raza |
| Starring |
Rajesh Khanna Zeenat Aman Pran Pradeep Kumar Prem Chopra Nirupa Roy Yogita Bali Murad Veena Sapru Kamal Kapoor |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Jal Mistry |
| Distributed by | Shree Krishna International |
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Release date
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24 December 1982 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | 3.5 crores |
Jaanwar (English language: Animal, Alternate Title: Janwar) is an Indian Bollywood fantasy genre film directed by Ali Raza, released on 24 December, 1982. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Aman as the main lead characters of the film. This film was of different genre than the other films of the pair. The film gives a social message of saving animals The film takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of Raju who gets separated from his father and has to live in a village next to forest and of Rajkumari who as a newborn girl is forced by circumstances to be abandoned in a forest and subsequently is brought by animals.
Murad is a king and he makes awish that if a baby girl is born in his house, he will ensure that animals are not caged in his kingdom. The little Rajkumari is born afterwards to the Queen Veena and Murad keeps his promise of freeing the animals and visiting the temple of Eagle God with the newborn baby.Soon after the girl is born,without even allowing Veena to even get a glimpse of the newborn, Murad decides to take her on pilgrimage.On his way to the place via forest he is attacked by Kamal Kapoor who is sent by Pradeep to steal the treasury and kill Murad so that he can be the King, being next in line after Murad and all bodyguards of Murad are killed. Murad asks his elephant driver Ram Singh to take the baby away and give all the gold jewels in the elephant cast to the God Eagle.Ram Singh being an honest servant, decides to take the baby but is attacked so orders his elephant to take the cart and handover the baby to God Eagle. At the palace, Pradeep receives word that the Rajkumari and the treasure have vanished but that the king is dead. He announces that Ram Singh has betrayed his king and offers his baby girl Taramati to poor grieving Veena as compensation for her lost daughter. Ram Singh’s wife (Nirupa Roy flees with her young son Raju as their house is burned to the ground by Pradeep’s men.
Elephant promptly takes the newborn and places it in temple.The baby then is brought up by the animals of the forest and is taught animal language.She grows up as a sexy girl who has never met men and does not know to talk any language. Pradeep takes his brother’s throne and makes Kamal his right-hand man. Kamal wants his son Mangal (Prem Chopra) to marry Pradeep’s daughter Tara (Yogeeta Bali) in order to inherit the throne. They continue to search for the treasure which they had thought of stealing from Murad but are unable to find it.
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