''Hanste Zakhm'' ( Laughing Wounds) is a 1973 Indian

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film produced and directed by Chetan Anand. The film stars

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, Jeevan in pivotal roles. The film has music composed by

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and lyrics written by

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. This movie features the unforgettable evergreen songs by

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and

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under music direction of

, which turned out to be chartbusters. The most famous song in this film is "Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho". The other song is a qawwali, "Yeh Mana Meri Jaan" whose tune has been remade numerous times.

produced one of the best works of his life for this feature film. "Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho" was adjudged the third best hindi film song ever by a jury of eminent musicians for an ''Outlook'' magazine poll. The song is still a rage among youngsters and lovebirds. This movie collected Rs.72000 at capital cinema, which was a record back then and was declared a hit at the box office.

Plot

The film begins with Mahendru (

), a widowed police officer and his young daughter, Chanda. Chanda's best friend is Rekha (

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), the daughter of a prostitute. Rekha stays over at Chanda's house, when Rekha's mother accidentally kills someone in an effort to stop her pimp ( Jeevan) from carrying off Rekha into prostitution as well. She is sent to prison, and begs Mahendru not to reveal to Rekha anything about her life as a working girl. Mahendru promises to protect and raise the child as his own daughter. The pimp, Jeevan, attempts to kidnap Rekha, but his goons mistakenly kidnap Chanda. When he realizes the error, he decides to make the best of a bad situation by asking Mahendru for a large ransom. Mahendru borrows the ransom money from a friend, but the pimp deceives him and delivers the girl to a madam (

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). Many years later, we find cab driver Somesh (

) driving Chanda (

) to her clients. Somesh is the ne'er-do-well scion of a rich family, who has a falling out with his father as he refuses to marry Rekha, the Police Officer's daughter. He leaves his wealthy home & life-style to become a cab-driver. Chanda and Somesh fall in love. Chanda eventually realizes that she really is Mahendru's daughter. This leads her to assume the daughter's duty by trying to convince Somesh to marry Rekha, her sister. She does this by turning alcoholic, in an effort to prove her essential wanton-ness to Somesh - who does not understand her intention and refuses to live his life according to her ideals of filial responsibility. Later, the pimp kidnaps Chanda again and informs Mahendru that his daughter is under his captivity and tries to blackmail him for the release of Chanda. However, Mahendru refuses to give in and attacks Jivan's camp with a police force. Chanda dies in this rescue operation. Before dying in her father Mahendru's arms, Chanda asks Somesh to marry Rekha, and he does.

Cast

as Somesh *

as Meena / Chanda *

as SP Dinanath Mahendru * Jeevan as Kundan *

as Brothel Madam *

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as Heera Bai *

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as DIG * D. K. Sapru as Banwari *

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as Daulat Singh *

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as Braganza *

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as Somesh's Friend *

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as Ganesh *

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as Inspector Kumar *Suman Sikand as Rekha

Music

Composed by

the songs of the film are popular. Lyrics written by

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0154563
Hanste Zakhm, Movie Review
1973 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films directed by Chetan Anand Films scored by Madan Mohan Indian drama films