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Bollywood films of 1965

A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1965:-Highest grossing:The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1965:-1965:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...

 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...

 film produced by Pannalal Maheshwari and directed by Ram Maheshwari. The film stars Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...

, Raaj Kumar

Raaj Kumar

Raaj Kumar , born Kulbushan Pandit was an Indian actor in Hindi movies. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector of Mumbai police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangili...

, Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...

, Padmini

Padmini (actress)

Padmini was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who has acted in over 250 Indian films. She has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films...

, Helen, Durga Khote

Durga Khote

Durga Khote was an Indian actress, starting as one of the foremost leading ladies of her times, she remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions....

, Tun Tun , Mehmood and Mumtaz

Mumtaz (actress)

Mumtaz , fondly called Mumu, is a famous Bollywood actress, best remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne and Khilona . Her performance in Khilona got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself won the Filmfare Best Movie Award...

. The films music is by Ravi

Ravi (music director)

Ravi Shankar Sharma , often referred to mononymously as Ravi, is an Indian music director, who has composed music for several Hindi and Malayalam films...

Plot

The Munim (Clerk) in Ranimaa's family lives with his son, Kaushal and daughter, Madhavi. After he passes away, Ranimaa brings up both children as her own, along with her only son, Rajesh. Years later, Rajesh has grown up and is of marriageable age. He meets with beautiful Bhanu Saxena and both fall in love with each other. Shortly thereafter, in a boating accident, Kaushal passes away, leaving behind a devastated Madhavi, Rajesh, who blames himself for his death, and Ranimaa. A few months later, Rajesh gets married to Bhanu and she moves in with them. Bhanu dislikes Madhavi and would like her out of the way, she goes to the extent of accusing her of having an affair with her husband. Under pressure, Madhavi goes to kill herself, and is rescued by a young man named Moti. Rajesh likes Moti and would like him to marry Madhavi, to which he agrees. After the marriage, Madhavi bids adieu to Ranimaa, and Rajesh, and moves in with Moti. What Madhavi does not know that Moti had an agenda and an ulterior motive for marrying her, and it looks like she has been dumped from the frying pan into the fire.

Cast

• Meena Kumari
  Meena Kumari
  Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...
  
   ... Madhavi
• Raaj Kumar
  Raaj Kumar
  Raaj Kumar , born Kulbushan Pandit was an Indian actor in Hindi movies. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector of Mumbai police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangili...
  
   ... Moti
• Dharmendra
  Dharmendra
  Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...
  
   ... Rajesh
• Padmini
  Padmini (actress)
  Padmini was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who has acted in over 250 Indian films. She has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films...
  
   ... Bhanu
• Helen ... Courtesan
• Durga Khote
  Durga Khote
  Durga Khote was an Indian actress, starting as one of the foremost leading ladies of her times, she remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions....
  
   ... Rani Sahiba
• Gajanan Jagirdar ... Saxena (as Jagirdar)
• Tiwari
  Tiwari
  Tiwari Sanskrit | तिवारी, is a Hindu Brahmin surname found mostly in the northern and central parts of India and Nepal.-About the surname Tiwari:Its other forms are Tewari, Tewary, Tiwary, Tewaree, and Tewarey...
  
   ... Kalu Mali or Kalicharan
• Mahendra
  Mahendra
  Mahendra is a Sanskrit compound word deriving from Maha and Indra Deva from Hindu mythology. For a similar derivative see Mahindra.Mahendra is used as a given name...
  
  
• Tun Tun ... Amba
• Thelma
• Gopal Saigal
• Vijay Maurya
• Keshav Rana

Music

The songs of the film are penned by Sahir Ludhianvi

Sahir Ludhianvi

Sahir Ludhianvi was a popular Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter. Sahir Ludhianvi is his pseudonym...

 and are composed by Ravi

Ravi (music director)

Ravi Shankar Sharma , often referred to mononymously as Ravi, is an Indian music director, who has composed music for several Hindi and Malayalam films...

. Asha Bhosale, M. Rafi and Mahendra Kapoor

Mahendra Kapoor

Mahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer.In a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including memorable hits like ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ Hamraaz, and in various...

 have voiced these popular songs.

• Tora Maan Darpan Kehlaye (Asha Bhosale)
• Mere Bhaiyaa Mere Chanda (Asha Bhosale)
• Muddat Ki Tammanaon Kaa Sila (Mahendra Kapoor)
• Aapke Paas Jo Aayega Pighal Jaayega (Mahendra Kapoor)
• Agar Muzhe Na Mili Tum (Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosale)
• Chulene Do Naajuk Hotonko (M. Rafi)

Awards

• Filmfare Best Actress Award
  Filmfare Best Actress Award
  The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954.-Superlatives:...
  
   For Meena Kumari
  Meena Kumari
  Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...
  
  
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...
  
   for Padmini
  Padmini (actress)
  Padmini was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who has acted in over 250 Indian films. She has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films...