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Pehchan

  • 1970
  • 2h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Manoj Kumar and Babita Kapoor in Pehchan (1970)
DramaFamilyMusicalRomance

Bombay-based Barkha lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom and brother, Rakesh, who is to marry a wealthy woman by the name of Maya. Barkha meets with a naive man from Vishnupur by t... Read allBombay-based Barkha lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom and brother, Rakesh, who is to marry a wealthy woman by the name of Maya. Barkha meets with a naive man from Vishnupur by the name of Gangaram who has come to Bombay to get married. His marriage was arranged with ... Read allBombay-based Barkha lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom and brother, Rakesh, who is to marry a wealthy woman by the name of Maya. Barkha meets with a naive man from Vishnupur by the name of Gangaram who has come to Bombay to get married. His marriage was arranged with Duriya Choudhry's daughter, but Choudhry decided to get his daughter married elsewhere aft... Read all

  • Director
    • Sohanlal Kanwar
  • Stars
    • Manoj Kumar
    • Babita Kapoor
    • Balraj Sahni
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    50
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sohanlal Kanwar
    • Stars
      • Manoj Kumar
      • Babita Kapoor
      • Balraj Sahni
    • 1User review
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins total

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    Manoj Kumar
    Manoj Kumar
    • Gangaram 'Ganga' Ramkishan
    Babita Kapoor
    Babita Kapoor
    • Barkha
    Balraj Sahni
    Balraj Sahni
    • Baba (Ex-Firefighter)
    Sailesh Kumar
    • Rakesh
    Chand Usmani
    Chand Usmani
    • Champa
    Tun Tun
    Tun Tun
    • Ganga's prospective bride
    Brahm Bhardwaj
    Brahm Bhardwaj
    • Maya's dad
    Lata Bose
    • Maya
    C.S. Dubey
    C.S. Dubey
    • Sunder
    Daisy Irani
    Daisy Irani
    • Rani
    Sulochana Latkar
    Sulochana Latkar
    • Barkha's mom
    Keshav Rana
    Keshav Rana
    • Rakesh's employee
    Raj Rani
    Raj Rani
    • Maya's mom
    • (as Rajrani)
    Kuljit Singh
    Kuljit Singh
    • Rajiv 'Raju'
    Saul George
    Saul George
    • Party guest
    • (uncredited)
    Kedarnath Saigal
    Kedarnath Saigal
    • In the crowd
    • (uncredited)
    Hari Shivdasani
    • Ashram Manager
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sohanlal Kanwar
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    4Peter_Young

    Forget it

    An impossibly innocent villager named Ganga comes to the big city to find a girl who would agree to become his wife. The first girl he meets is actually a troubled prostitute named Champa whom he manages to rescue from the brothel she has been in for some time. He takes her home and in a most typical Hindi film style, announces her as his sister. Along with them lives a crippled middle-aged man. Ganga falls for a beautiful girl named Barkha, and her parents agree to have them married, but alas, Barkha's brother Rakesh identifies Champa and the marriage is cancelled as a result. A short flashback reveals that in the past Rakesh and Champa were lovers, she left her home to marry him, but he refused to accept her and literally sold her in a brothel.

    A very typical kind of a story which is quite boring at times, Pehchan is a rather melodramatic fare which does not really work. It has its moments and the music is very good, but on the whole it just doesn't make sense. The script is poorly written, the dialogues are often clichéd, and the characters lack depth. Manoj Kumar plays the male lead, and he is downright annoying as the overly innocent and naive young man. In all fairness, it is the script which lets him down. Babita is pretty, but she too is cast in a rather ordinary role. The saving grace is of course Balraj Sahni who is good as always, while Chand Usmani gets the meatiest part and does pretty well. I say give this movie a skip, there's nothing particularly good to look out for in it.

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      The director wanted to make Manoj Kumar's character wear modern clothes in the second half of the film. Manoj said it was not necessary and the true quality of the character would vanish and ruin the film.
    • Soundtracks
      Sabse Bada Nadaan Wohi Hai Jo Samjhe Nadaan Mujhe
      Sung by Mukesh

      Music by Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi (as Shankar) & Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal (as Jaikishan)

      Lyrics by Verma Malik

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    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Production company
      • Filmnagar
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      • 2h 35m(155 min)
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