''Abhinetri'' () is a 1970 Hindi film produced and directed by

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. The film stars

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, Asit Sen and

Deb Mukherjee Deb Mukherjee is an Indian actor. His daughter Sunita (from his first marriage) is married to director Ashutosh Gowariker, while his son (from his second marriage) is director Ayan Mukherjee. He is part of the famous Mukherjee family whose inv ...

. The music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal includes the song "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" by

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and

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, besides the hit Lata Mangeshkar solo "O Ghata Sanwari".

Plot

A chance meeting between an Assistant Scientist, Shekar, and an established stage dancer and singer, Anjana, results in love. While Shekar has a mother who lives separately, Anjana has been orphaned at an early age. Shekar's mother approves of Anjana, and both get married. Anjana stops her involvement in dancing and singing, and both spent the next several months in relative harmony. Then Anjana finds that Shekar is spending more and more time in the laboratory than with her, and she decides to take up dancing and singing, which does not augur well with Shekar. Arguments ensue, and both decide to live separately. When Shekar's mother comes to visit Shekar, both he and Anjana compromise to live together. This they thought would provide relief to their mother in her old age. Living together they discover the missing spice in their wedlock.

Cast

as Shekhar *

as Anjana *

as Shekhar's Mother *

Nazir Hussain Nazir Hussain (15 May 1922 – 16 October 1987) was an Indian actor, director and screenwriter. He was famous as a character actor in Hindi cinema and acted in almost 500 films. Dev Anand starred in a large proportion of the films he acted in ...

as Dr. Niranjan Das * Asit Sen as Narayan * Badri Prasad as Anjana's Uncle *

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as Dancer (song "Milte Hi Rahenge Hum")

Soundtrack

All songs were written by

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References

External links

* 1970 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Films about actors {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub