---
title: 'Anari (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hrishikesh Mukherjee'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 166
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/anari-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052560/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Anari (1959)

1959 · 166 min · Comedy, Romance · India

Original title: अनाड़ी

## Synopsis

Anari is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Motilal and Lalita Pawar. The music was by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. This was among the few films in which Lalita Pawar played a positive role and Motilal a role with shades of grey. The film was remade in Tamil as Pasamum Nesamum (1964) and in Turkish as Derbeder (1960), Enayi (1974).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hrishikesh Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/hrishikesh-mukherjee)
- **Editor:** [Hrishikesh Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/hrishikesh-mukherjee)
- **Screenplay:** [Inder Raj Anand](https://cinepixo.com/people/inder-raj-anand)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shankar–Jaikishan](https://cinepixo.com/people/shankar-jaikishan)

## Cast

- [Lalita Pawar](https://cinepixo.com/people/lalita-pawar)
- [Raj Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/raj-kapoor)
- [Nutan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nutan)
- [Helen](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen)
- [Ruby Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruby-myers)

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