Anhonee
About Anhonee
Roop and Mohini, both played by Nargis, are sisters: one legitimate and raised by a courtesan, the other illegitimate. Advocate Raj Kumar Saxena, a tenant, comes to pay rent and meets Roop. They plan to marry. At the engagement party he meets Mohini and is told she is the real daughter. Roop tries to trade places with her. Raj marries Mohini without knowing it. When Roop's father learns what has happened, he dies.
Cast & crew
More about Anhonee
K. A. Abbas wrote, directed, and produced it under the new banner Naya Sansar. Mohsin Abdullah and V. P. Sathe shared the screenplay. Nargis had asked Abbas for a larger part; he swapped the leads and built the story around that. Rama Chandra photographed it. Mohan Rathod and D. B. Joshi edited it.
Themes
Making
Nargis contacted Abbas for a bigger role. With V. P. Sathe and Mohsin Abdullah he reworked the idea so that she would play both sisters, and they opened the company Naya Sansar to make the film with her and Raj Kapoor.
Music
Roshan composed the music. Ali Sardar Jafri wrote the lyrics.
Notes
- Nargis plays both Roop Singh and Mohini Bai.
- Badri Prasad plays Thakur Harnam Singh. Om Prakash is Shyam Sundar Laddan, Agha is Vidyasagar, David is Munshi, and Achla Sachdev is Champa.
- The English title used in some listings is The Impossible.
- Abbas had tried a related argument about heredity and circumstance in Awara (1951).
Scenes
- Raj comes to pay the rent and meets Roop instead of her father.
- At the engagement party he meets Mohini and is told she is the legitimate daughter.
- He marries Mohini without knowing the sisters have switched places.
Influenced by
- Awara
