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Jaane Anjaane
Jaane Anjaane
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  2. Jaane Anjaane

Jaane Anjaane

1971
2h 19m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1971

Runtime

2h 19m

Storyline

Laxmi finds an abandoned baby at a temple and decides to keep him. When her husband, Shankar, returns from jail, they name the child Ramu. While Laxmi wants him to go to school, study and become someone important, Shankar wants him to gamble, partner him in bootlegging and smuggling. Ramu is unable to fit in school and decides to work with his dad. Thus Ramu grows up accepting crime as his career. Then a young woman named Mala enters his life, and both fall in love with each other. When Mala finds out about Ramu's career, she makes him promise that he will go straight. He does go straight, gets a job, and when he is laid off he takes to helping Dhondu catch fish. Then Ramu's world gets turned upside when Inspector Hemant, while apprehending Shankar, guns down Laxmi. An enraged Ramu decides that he must kill Hemant at any cost. Watch what impact this will have on Hemant's mom, his dad, and Mala herself as she watches Ramu descent into the very hell that she had tried to redeem him from.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 19m
May 16, 1971
Languages
Hindi
Director
Shakti Samanta
Shakti Samanta
Production
United Producers
United Producers
Shakti Films
Shakti Films
Production Countries
India

Top Cast

12 Cast Members

Shammi Kapoor

Shammi Kapoor

Ram Prasad 'Ramu'

Helen

Helen

Suzy

Leena Chandavarkar

Leena Chandavarkar

Mala

Vinod Khanna

Vinod Khanna

Inspector Hemant

Sandhya Roy

Sandhya Roy

Sulochana Latkar

Sulochana Latkar

Lalita Pawar

Lalita Pawar

K.N. Singh

K.N. Singh

Dhumal

Dhumal

Murad

Murad

Satyendra Kapoor

Satyendra Kapoor

Robert

Robert

Dancer

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