Joshila

Joshila
Directed by	Yash Chopra
Produced by	Gulshan Rai
Written by	Akhtar ul-Iman Akhtar Mirza Gulshan Nanda C. J. Pavri
Starring	Dev Anand Hema Malini Pran Bindu Raakhee
Music by	R. D. Burman
Cinematography	Fali Mistry
Edited by	Pran Mehra
Production company	Chandivali Studio Filmistan Studios Rajkamal Studios
Distributed by	Trimurti Films
Release date	19 October 1973
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Joshila (Hindi: जोशीला; English: Spirited) is a 1973 Bollywood thriller film directed by Yash Chopra. The film stars Dev Anand, Raakhee and Hema Malini.

Jailor Manmohan Krishan is responsible for looking after convicts undergoing sentences of rigorous imprisonment. He has a young, beautiful and captive daughter named Shalini. Shalini is a poet, one day while reciting her poetry, she meets with a young man, who introduces himself as Amar, who also happens to be a poet himself. The two of them spend beautiful moments together and finds themselves attracted to each other. Shalini wants to find out why Amar is in jail. She is told in no uncertain terms that Amar is in jail for murder - for killing the brother of his former lover, Sapna. She also found out that this is not true and would strive to the best of her merit to get Amar release from jail because she is in love with him and would like to marry him.