Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man. Working as a painter, he is unable to earn a living. One day Raj finds a wallet containing money and returns it to the man it belongs to. Impressed by his honesty, the man employs him to work in his office as a clerk.
Acting
Nutan's luminous grace balances Raj Kapoor's Chaplin-esque physicality.
Direction
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's debut — already mastering middle-class melodrama.
Score
Shankar-Jaikishan's evergreen 'Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe' still slaps.
Director
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anari cemented the 'sad hero' template Raj Kapoor perfected, directly influencing 1970s Amitabh Bachchan's angry young man evolution.
Lalita Pawar's severe headache in that famous slap scene? Method acting — she actually suffered chronic migraines and channeled them into menace.
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