Pehchaan
Shankar seeks revenge on the judge who convicted him by kidnapping his wife. The judge is unaware of his wife's pregnancy and disowns the child as he thinks she is the result of his wife's infidelity.
Details About Pehchaan Movie:
| Movie Released Date | 8 Oct 1993 |
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Keypoints about Pehchaan:
1. Total Movie Duration: 1h 18m
2. Audio Language: Hindi
Pehchaan movie: Understanding love
Pehchaan is a Filmfare Award-winning Hindi romantic film that is as interesting today as it was during its release more than five decades ago. The movie, which seeks to highlight the adage about love being blind, bagged several awards—best supporting actress went to Chand Usmani, best music director to music duo Shankar Jaikishan, best singer to Mukesh, and best lyricist to Verma Malik for his superhit composition “Sabse Bada Nadaan”.
Release Date of Pehchaan movie on OTT
The romantic movie Pehchaan was released across theatres in the year 1993. The film can also be streamed on the ZEE5 OTT platform.
Plot of Pehchaan: Love has its strange ways
Gangaram is a happy-go-lucky village simpleton who is content with the basic joys of life. He ventures out into the world wherein he meets Barkha, a rich city girl. Gangaram is fascinated by the ways of the city people. Eventually, Gangaram and Barkha fall in love with each other, the latter being particularly enamoured by the simpleton’s simple ways.
Barkha is aware that Gangaram does not know English and that city life is a new and strange experience for him. Even so, she continues to adore Gangaram for his principled stance and eventually decides to marry him. However, Barkha’s mother cannot accept Gangaram as her son-in-law. Meanwhile, Barkha discovers another woman in Gangaram’s life, which compounds matters for the simple village buff.
Pehchaan movie cast and crew
Yesteryear superstar Manoj Kumar appears as the naive Gangaram, Babita Kapoor is Barkha, Balraj Sahni is the retired firefighter, while Chand Usmani takes on the role of Champa. The legendary comedienne Uma Devi Khatri (Tun Tun) plays Ganga’s prospective wife, C.S. Dubey is Sunder, while Daisy Irani is Rani and Sulochana Latkar is Barkha’s mother in this beautiful story.
This Hindi film with twists and turns is directed by Sohanlal Kanwar, who is the film’s producer as well. Vijay Gosain is the assistant director, while the production company involved is Filmnagar. The legendary music duo of Shankar Jaikishan (Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal) have composed the music for the movie. The playback singers involved are music stalwarts such as Mukesh, Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, and Suman Kalyanpur. Pehchaan’s music and songs continue to remain popular to this day.
Interesting facts about Pehchaan movie
1. Pehchaan was nominated for Filmfare’s Best Film Award.
2. The director, Sohanlal Kanwar, was nominated for the Best Director award.
3. Storywriter Sachin Bhowmick was nominated for the Best Story award.
FAQs about Pehchaan movie
Q1. Did the movie Pehchaan win any awards?
Pehchaan bagged the Best Supporting Actress award and the awards for Best Music Director, Best Singer, and Best Lyricist.
Q2. The song "Karle Dil Ki Baat" was made famous by Lata and Mukesh. Who was the lyricist?
The song was written by Verma Malik.