Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
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Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se is a 1978
Bollywood films of 1978
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1978:-Highest grossing:The top thirty six grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1978:...

 Hindi
Bollywood
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 film.

Plot

Arun, the son of a Barrister father, and self-proclaimed prince of the male students find his pride and huge ego crushed when he stood second in the Terminal Examination to Lily Fernandes, the simple and modest daughter of an ordinary nurse in a private nursing home. This was taken as a defeat for Arun, who then decided to nurse a personal vendetta to try and bring Lily's growing popularity in school down, Lily, however, tolerates him and his friends' remarks and sarcasm as she bore no grudge against him.

As time went on, they gradually discovered the basic qualities of their opponents, one becoming the admirer of the other. Arun and Lily visited beautiful places together on weekends to get to know each other more. Lily's mother was the first person to notice that a deep love had developed between her daughter and Arun. She felt worried, because even though Arun was madly in love with her daughter, social status had to be considered. Despite this, Arun's father approved and presented a proposal to Lily's mother to have their children marry.

When everything was set up, Lily fell ill and was discovered to have Leukemia
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...

. Everyone tried to save the girl, and Lily and Arun behaved with each other as if nothing was wrong.

Everything seemed fine for a while, but then Lily's condition grew worse. She breathed her last in Arun's arms as she made him promise to rise in life so she would be at peace.

Main cast

  • Sachin
    Sachin (actor)
    Sachin Pilgaonkar often known by his first name Sachin, is an Indian film and television actor, director and producer.Starting as a child actor, in Marathi film, Ha Majha Marg Ekla , he went on to act in around 65 films as a child artiste, before switching to adult roles, and giving hits like Geet...

     - Arun Prakash Mathur
  • Ranjeeta Kaur
    Ranjeeta Kaur
    Ranjeeta "Robby" Kaur is an Indian movie actress. She was trained at FTII. She has appeared in around 47 films.-Personal life and education:Ranjeeta was born in Punjab. Her sister Rubina also acted in films....

     - Lily Ferna
  • Iftekhar
    Iftekhar
    Iftekhar was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his roles as police officers in several films.-Career:...

     - Dr. Pradhan
  • Urmila Bhatt - Ruby Fernandes

Soundtrack

Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.-Early life:...

 composed the music and wrote the songs for this movie. The songs have been quite popular, especially the title song. Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.-Early life:...

 was nominated for Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
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 in two categories for this song, namely, Best Lyricist and Best Musician.
  • Ankhiyon Ke Jharokon Se], the title song sung by Hemlata
    Hemlata
    Hemlata has been one of the most famous and successful leading playback singer in Bollywood since the late 1970s. She is classically trained and has a unique style of singing which makes her stand apart from other playback singers of her era...

    . This song has numerous references about looking near and far, Colours and other things which a blind person cannot possibly write.
  • Jaate Huye Yeh Pal Chin, sung by the composer Ravindra Jain
    Ravindra Jain
    Ravindra Jain is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.-Early life:...

     himself.
  • Ek Din Tum Bahut Bare Banoge, Ek Din…
  • Kai Din Se Mujhe
  • Dohavali/Bade Badai Na Kare, Hemlata
    Hemlata
    Hemlata has been one of the most famous and successful leading playback singer in Bollywood since the late 1970s. She is classically trained and has a unique style of singing which makes her stand apart from other playback singers of her era...

    's final duet with Jaspal Singh
    Jaspal Singh
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    . It is based on the dohas
    Doha (poetry)
    namshka:For the town in Kuwait, see Doha and For the city in Qatar, see DohaDoha is a form of self-contained rhyming couplet in poetry...

     from historic Indian poets such as Rahim
    Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
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    , Kabir
    Kabir
    Kabīr was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement...

    , Tulsidas
    Tulsidas
    Tulsidas , was a Hindu poet-saint, reformer and philosopher renowned for his devotion for the god Rama...

    , and Bihari.

Sequel

Rajshri Productions
Rajshri Productions
Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a Hindi film production company. Rajshri partially works as a film distributor also. On 15 August 1947, Tarachand Barjatya established Rajshri Pictures Ltd., the film distribution division of Rajshri....

 roped in the star pair of their 1978 film--Sachin Pilgaonkar and Ranjeeta Kaur
Ranjeeta Kaur
Ranjeeta "Robby" Kaur is an Indian movie actress. She was trained at FTII. She has appeared in around 47 films.-Personal life and education:Ranjeeta was born in Punjab. Her sister Rubina also acted in films....

 to produce a sequel for Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se is a 1978 Hindi film.-Plot :Arun, the son of a Barrister father, and self-proclaimed prince of the male students find his pride and huge ego crushed when he stood second in the Terminal Examination to Lily Fernandes, the simple and modest daughter of an ordinary nurse in a...

. The sequel will be called Jaana Pehchana and will showcase Arun's life after Lily’s death. Ranjeeta Kaur will portray a new character who is a look-alike of Lily. The film is set to release at Liberty Cinema, Mumbai on September 16, 2011.

Other

The film was nominated for Best Actress, Best Film, and Best Direction at the 1978 Filmfare
Filmfare
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 Awards. Ranjeeta's poignant portrayal of the character was critically acclaimed.
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