''Khazanchi'' (English: Cashier) is a 1941 (pre-

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) blockbuster, directed by Moti B. Gidwani, starring M. Ismail, S. D. Narang, Ramola Devi, Manorama and Durga Mota in lead roles. M. Ismail played the title role of a Khazanchi (English: Cashier). The movie was the biggest hit and the top earner of 1941. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

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'' (1952).

Synopsis

Khazanchi is a murder mystery. Shadi Lal is a ''Khazanchi'' (English: Cashier) in a bank in

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. His son Kanwal wants to marry Madhuri, the daughter of a rich man, Durga Das. Ramola in Khazanchi (1941)

A wicked wealthy, Ajmal, also wants to marry Madhuri. One day, Shadi Lal goes to

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for some bank work and the news comes from the city that Shadi Lal has murdered an actress and stolen her jewellery and money. A clever woman, Tarawati, tricked Shadi Lal in a night club and stole his money, but her two accomplice men murdered her while snatching the money from her and when intoxicated Shadi Lal wakes up, he finds himself with her dead body and his money stolen. Seeing this, he runs away and on the next day, the newspaper headlines say: ''Khazanchi killed actress''. He spends some very bad days of his life during this period. Later, he gets caught and his son, Kanwal (an advocate now), fought the case from his side. Meanwhile, the newspaper reporter stumbles upon important facts regarding the stage actress' murder and got kidnapped by the villain, but manages an escape and reaches the court, revealing the truth. Thus Shadi Lal gets acquitted.

Cast

* Ramola as Madhuri * S. D. Narang as Kanwal * M.Esmail as Shadilal * Manorma as Asha, Shadi Lal's daughter and Kanwal's sister * Madan Puri as dancer on stage * Janki Dass M.A. as Ram Das * Ajmal as Ramesh * Durga Mota as Durga Das * Nafees * Kamla * Fazal Shah * Dev Datt * Khairati as servant in Durga Mota house

Music

The music director Ghulam Haider made an experiment by combining popular Raags of Indian classical music with

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and revolutionalized the film music industry. The film songs were hits. The playback includes

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and more.

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*{{IMDb title, 0214846, Khazanchi (1941)
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