Manoranjan 50 years old

Havaldar Ratan is a rookie at the local police station, and is assigned duty on foot patrol on Manoranjan Street, a notorious red-light area, on the very first day of his job. He strikes up a conversation with a good-looking young woman named Nisha, and tells her that there is a possible violation of Suppression of Immoral Trafficking Act taking place on this street. He witnesses several women soliciting men, and decides to call in the paddy wagon, and get them arrested. Alas, one of the men frequenting the prostitutes is none other than Ratan's superior officer, who immediately summons Ratan, and has him removed from service on corruption charges. Nisha takes pity on a homeless and unemployed Ratan, and asks him to live with her. He does not want her to sell her body, and so he decides to work at night, and during the day he takes on the guise of a rich Nawab and spends time with her.

Credits

Manoranjan Cast

Name Character
Zeenat Aman She was 22, now 72 years old as Nisha
Shammi Kapoor He was 42, 79 years old when he died as Dhoop Chhaon
Faryal She was 28, now 78 years old as Lolita
Sanjeev Kumar He was 35, 47 years old when he died as Constable Ratan 'Sheru'
Dev Kumar He was 1, now 52 years old as Balram

Manoranjan Crew

Name Department
Rahul Dev Burman as Original Music Composer. He was 34 (54) years old when He died Sound
Shammi Kapoor as Director. He was 42 (79) years old when He died Directing
Abrar Alvi as Writer. He was 46 (82) years old when He died Writing
Shanti Dass as Art Direction. Art
Manoranjan poster
Manoranjan (50 years)

  • Release day: Friday, January 11, 1974
  • Runtime: 162 minutes