Dhanwan is a 1981 Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna

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 in the lead role, paired opposite Reena Roy

Reena Roy

Reena Roy was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. She performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985 .-Early life and background:...

 and produced by Sohanlal Kanwar..
The supporting cast includes Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani

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, Rakesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan

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, Shakti Kapoor

Shakti Kapoor

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, Om Prakash

Om Prakash

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 and Vijayendra Ghatge

Vijayendra Ghatge

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. Rakesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan

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 was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards, the only one for the film. Reena Roy

Reena Roy

Reena Roy was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. She performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985 .-Early life and background:...

 plays the role of a defiant widow who reforms the egotistical Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....

 in the film.

Synopsis

Vijay (Rajesh Khanna) is a very proud rich man who thinks money can buy anything. He harbours love for Asha and tries to win her but she rejects him for his arrogance. He gets angry as well as disappointed when Asha marries an accounts clerk instead. Later he meets with a fiery car accident by which he loses his eyesight completely. Doctor says now he will be needing new pair of eyes. Vijay orders for eyes but it isn't as simple as what Vijay thinks. Doctor explains him that its difficult to find an eye donor. Then Vijay relises that money cannot buy everything in life. Then he starts believing in God and starts chanting prayers. Then after few days he does get a donor and his eyes are operated upon. Now Vijay can see and he also has realised that money is indeed very useless in certain circumstances. On enquiry he comes to know that the eyes implanted on him are of Anil, his accounts clerk and the person who married Asha. Now Asha is a widow as Anil has been executed after being falsely implicated on a case of theft. It now becomes an aim of the now big hearted genorous tycoon Vijay to protect Asha and find the truth as to how Anil got into trouble and to prove the world that Anil was innocent.

Reception

It received four stars in the Bollywood guide Collections.The film grossed 3.9 crores at the box office in 1981.

Music

• "Idhar Aa Aa Bhi Jaa" – Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
  
  
• "Maro Bhar Bharke Pichkari" – Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
  
  
• "Yeh Ankhein Dekh Kar" – Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  , Suresh Wadkar
  Suresh Wadkar
  Suresh Ishwar Wadkar is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films.He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films and in Konkani.- Early life :...
  
  
• "Kuchh Log Mohabbat Ko" – Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  
• "Balle Balle Bhai Reshmi Dupatta" – Mahendra Kapoor
  Mahendra Kapoor
  Mahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer.In a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including memorable hits like ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ Hamraaz, and in various...
  
  , Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...