Anari (1959 film)

Anari
Poster
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Written by	Inder Raj Anand
Produced by	L. B. Lachman
Starring	Raj Kapoor Nutan Motilal Lalita Pawar
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Edited by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Music by	Shankar Jaikishan
Release date	16 January 1959 (1959-01-16)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Anari is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Motilal and Lalita Pawar. The music was by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. This was among the few films in which Lalita Pawar played a positive role and Motilal a role with shades of grey. The film was remade in Tamil as Pasamum Nesamum (1964) and in Turkish as Derbeder (1960), Enayi [tr] (1974).^[1]

Anari was released on 16 January 1959 and met with critical acclaim. Film critics had praised the screenplay and performances of lead actors in the film. Subsequently, it became the highest-grossing film of 1959 with Box Office India declaring it "Super Hit".