Dhanwan (1981 film)

Dhanwan is a 1981 Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, paired opposite Reena Roy and produced by Sohanlal Kanwar. The supporting cast includes Aruna Irani, Rakesh Roshan, Shakti Kapoor, Om Prakash and Vijayendra Ghatge. Rakesh Roshan was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards, the only one for the film. Reena Roy plays the role of a defiant widow who reforms the egotistical Rajesh Khanna in the film. Music is by Hridayanath Mangeshkar and Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi.

Synopsis
Vijay is a very proud rich man who thinks money can buy anything. He harbors love for Asha and tries to win her over, but she rejects him for his arrogance. He gets angry as well as disappointed when Asha marries an accounting clerk instead. Soon after, he is involved in car accident in which he loses his eyesight completely, and the doctor thinks Vijay will need a new pair of eyes. Vijay orders eyes, but it isn't as simple as Vijay thought, the doctor explains to him that it's difficult to find an eye donor. That is when Vijay realizes that money cannot buy everything in life. Then he starts believing in God and starts chanting prayers. Only a few days later, he finds a donor and his eyes are operated upon. Now Vijay can see and he also has realized that money is indeed very useless in certain circumstances.

On inquiry, he learns 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 in a case of theft. It now becomes the aim of the now big hearted generous 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.

Cast

 * Rajesh Khanna as Vijay
 * Reena Roy as Asha
 * Rakesh Roshan as Anil
 * Shakti Kapoor
 * Om Prakash
 * Aruna Irani

Music

 * "Idhar Aa Aa Bhi Jaa" – Kishore Kumar
 * "Maro Bhar Bharke Pichkari" – Kishore Kumar, Usha Mangeshkar
 * "Yeh Ankhein Dekh Kar" – Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
 * "Kuchh Log Mohabbat Ko" – Lata Mangeshkar
 * "Balle Balle Bhai Reshmi Dupatta" – Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor

Reception
It received four stars in the Bollywood guide Collections.