''Dhanwan'' is a 1981 Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, paired opposite

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and produced by

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. The supporting cast includes

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and Vijayendra Ghatge.

was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards, the only one for the film.

plays the role of a defiant widow who reforms the egotistical Rajesh Khanna in the film. The movie was a super hit grossing over 13.9 crores in 1981.

Synopsis

Vijay is a very proud rich man who thinks money can buy anything. He harbors love for Asha and tries to win her, but she rejects him for his arrogance. He gets angry as well as disappointed when Asha marries an accounting clerk instead. Soon after, he is involved in car accident in which he loses his eyesight completely, and the doctor thinks Vijay will need a new pair of eyes. Vijay orders eyes, but it isn't as simple as Vijay thought, the doctor explains to him that it's difficult to find an eye donor. That is when Vijay realizes that money cannot buy everything in life. Then he starts believing in God and starts chanting prayers. Only a few days later, he finds a donor and his eyes are operated upon. Now Vijay can see and he also has realized that money is indeed very useless in certain circumstances. On inquiry, he learns that the eyes implanted on him are of Anil, his accounts clerk and the person who married Asha. Now Asha is a widow as Anil has been executed after being falsely implicated on a case of theft. It now becomes an aim of the now big hearted generous tycoon Vijay to protect Asha and find the truth as to how Anil got into trouble and to prove the world that Anil was innocent.

Reception

It received four stars in the Bollywood guide ''Collections''. The film grossed 13.9 crores at the box office in 1981.

Cast

* Rajesh Khanna as Vijay *

as Asha *

as Anil *

Music

* "Idhar Aa Aa Bhi Jaa" – Kishore Kumar * "Maro Bhar Bharke Pichkari" – Kishore Kumar,

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* "Yeh Ankhein Dekh Kar" –

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, Suresh Wadkar * "Kuchh Log Mohabbat Ko" – Lata Mangeshkar * "Balle Balle Bhai Reshmi Dupatta" – Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0373790, Dhanwan 1981 films 1981 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 1980s Hindi-language films Films directed by Surendra Mohan Films scored by Hridaynath Mangeshkar