Jawani Diwani
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Jawani Diwani is a 1972
Bollywood films of 1972
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1972:-Highest grossing:The top forty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1972:The last five in the above list were declared flops at the box office.-1972:...

 Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 movie directed by Narender Bedi
Narender Bedi
Narender Bedi was a Bollywood director and son of famous writer Rajinder Singh Bedi. His most famous movie was Jawani Diwani starring Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bhaduri.-Personal life:...

, and starring Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor is a Bollywood actor, producer and director. His nickname is Daboo.-Early life:Randhir Kapoor hails from the legendary Kapoor family. He is the eldest son of Raj Kapoor. He is a fourth generation Kapoor and comes from a distinguished Punjabi Hindu family who have been part of the...

, Jaya Bhaduri, Balraj Sahni
Balraj Sahni
Balraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...

, Nirupa Roy, as leads.

The film is most remembered for its songs by R.D. Burman, including, "Jaane Jaan Doodta Fir Ruha" "Saamne Yeh Koun Aaya," and "Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani. The film was a musical hit and the eighth highest grossing film at the Indian Box Office.

Plot

After being stereotyped in the girl-next-door
Girl next door
The cultural and sexual stereotype of the girl next door or the All-American girl is invoked in American contexts to indicate wholesome, unassuming femininity, as opposed to the culture's other female stereotypes such as the tomboy, the valley girl, the femme fatale, girly girl, or the slut. The...

 image after her Bollywood debut film, Guddi
Guddi
Guddi is a 1971 film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Gulzar. It starred Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Utpal Dutt. It is Jaya Bachchan 's career making film in which she plays a school girl obsessed with the actor Dharmendra, who plays himself. She earned a Filmfare nomination as...

(1971), Jaya Bhaduri tried to break out of the mould with a glamourous role in the film.

Madhu (Nirupa Roy
Nirupa Roy
-Filmography:* Lal Baadshah * Mard * Mawali * Betab * Khoon aur Pani * Aatish * Kartavya .... Vijay's mother* Khandaan .... Savitri G. Srivastav...

) falls in love with Ravi Anand (Balraj Sahni
Balraj Sahni
Balraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...

), son of an employee in her Thakur
Thakur (Indian title)
Thakur is an Indian feudal title in several Indian languages, literally meaning "lord". A Thikana is the state or estate of a Thakur. A Thakurani is the wife of a Thakur...

 brother's (Iftekhar
Iftekhar
Iftekhar was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his roles as police officers in several films.-Career:...

) household. When they get married, the Thakur breaks all ties with them, she moves into Ravi's home, where they live with his younger brother, Vijay (Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor is a Bollywood actor, producer and director. His nickname is Daboo.-Early life:Randhir Kapoor hails from the legendary Kapoor family. He is the eldest son of Raj Kapoor. He is a fourth generation Kapoor and comes from a distinguished Punjabi Hindu family who have been part of the...

). Subsequently, Vijay meets a girl, Neeta (Jaya Bhaduri), at school, with the usual problems with parents. She turns out to be the Thakur's daughter, who has been promised in marriage to Benny Sinha (Narendra Nath).

Satyen Kappu gives a comical performance as the DJ friend of Randhir Kapoor in two scene-stealing pieces: first, when he impersonates Randhir Kapoor's father to meet the boy's teacher, and later when he meets Jaya's father.

Cast

  • Randhir Kapoor
    Randhir Kapoor
    Randhir Kapoor is a Bollywood actor, producer and director. His nickname is Daboo.-Early life:Randhir Kapoor hails from the legendary Kapoor family. He is the eldest son of Raj Kapoor. He is a fourth generation Kapoor and comes from a distinguished Punjabi Hindu family who have been part of the...

     - Vijay Anand
  • Jaya Bhaduri - Neeta Thakur
  • Balraj Sahni
    Balraj Sahni
    Balraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...

     - Ravi Anand
  • Nirupa Roy
    Nirupa Roy
    -Filmography:* Lal Baadshah * Mard * Mawali * Betab * Khoon aur Pani * Aatish * Kartavya .... Vijay's mother* Khandaan .... Savitri G. Srivastav...

     - Madhu Anand
  • Iftekhar
    Iftekhar
    Iftekhar was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his roles as police officers in several films.-Career:...

     - Thakur
  • A. K. Hangal
    A. K. Hangal
    Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...

     - College Principal
  • Narendra Nath - Benny Sinha
  • Paintal
    Paintal (comedian)
    Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, born in a Sikh family, started off as an Indian comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television....

     - Rattan
  • Satyen Kappu - Mamaji
  • Jagdish Raj
    Jagdish Raj
    Jagdish Raj Khurana is a former Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record record for being the most type-cast actor. He has played a police inspector in 144 films. He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan...

     - Mr. Sharma
  • Viju Khote
    Viju Khote
    Viju Khote is an Indian actor who has worked as character actor in more than 300 films in Hindi cinema and Marathi cinema. He is especially famous as the dacoit Kalia in the film Sholay and the dialogue, Sardar maine aapka namak khaya hai and Robert in movie Andaz Apna Apna...

     - Mr. Gupta
  • Brahm Bhardwaj - Mr. Sinha
  • Lalita Kumari - Mrs. Sinha

Crew

  • Director - Narendra Bedi
  • Writer - Inder Raj Anand
    Inder Raj Anand
    Inder Raj Anand was an Indian film writer. He was father to actor and director Tinnu Anand and producer Bittu Anand. Inder's grandson is noted film director Siddharth Anand. Famous director Mukul Anand is Inder's nephew. Shahenshah, starring Amitabh Bachchan was Inder's last film as a writer. It...

  • Producer - Ramesh Behl
  • Music Director - Rahul Dev Burman
    Rahul Dev Burman
    Rahul Dev Burman commonly known as R. D. Burman and nicknamed Pancham da or simply Pancham, was an influential Bollywood music composer. He was the only son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera...

  • Lyricist - Anand Bakshi
    Anand Bakshi
    Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...

  • Playback Singers - Asha Bhosle
    Asha Bhosle
    Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...

    , Kishore Kumar
    Kishore Kumar
    Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...


Music

R. D. Burman composed and produced the music for this movie
Jawani Diwani is known R.D. Burman melodious score.
The lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...

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  • Song, "Jaane Jaan Dhoondta Phir Raha" made it to #26 on the Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972
    The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1972. Binaca Geetmala was a very popular radio show that counted down the popular film songs from Indian cinema on a weekly basis, listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers, just...

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Songs Performed By
"Samne Yeh Kaun Aaya" Kishore Kumar
"Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani" Kishore Kumar
"Jaane Jaan Dhoondta Phir Raha" Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar
"Agar Saaz Cheda To" Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar
"Hai Tauba Mujhe Tune" Asha Bhosle
"Nahi Nahi Abhi Nahin" Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar
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