Shehnai (1964 film)

Shehnai is a

Deepak meets Preeti (Rajshree) and they fall in love and plan to get married. Preeti’s mother Asha, now remarried to a rich businessman (Sapru), is against the marriage as she is still haunted by the death of her first husband. She does not want Preeti to marry an Air Force pilot. Deepak refuses to leave the Air Force even if it means giving up Preeti. He cites his mother’s sacrifices in order to give him a good education so that he could join the Air Force. He is sent to the front and gets injured. Preeti has left her home and joined the Red Cross as a nurse. She nurses Deepak back to health and they get married. They reach home to find that Preeti’s mother has had a change of heart and is happy about their wedding.

Cast

• Biswajeet
  as Deepak
• Rajshree as Preeti
• Nirupa Roy as Shobha (Deepak’s Mother)
• Rehman as Pilot Officer Amarjeet (Shobha’s Husband)
• Iftekhar as Pilot Officer (Amarjeet’s Friend)
• Veena as Asha (Shobha’s Friend & Preeti's Mother)
• Johnny Walker as Jaan Mohammad
• Parveen Chowdhry as Preeti’s Friend
• Leela Chitnis ... Deepak’s Grandmother
• Chand Usmani as Salma
• Sapru
  as Asha’s Second Husband
• Honey Irani as Young Deepak
• Asit Sen
• Laxmi Chhaya
• Nazir Kashmiri

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award 1965 for Nirupa Roy

External links

• Shehnai at
  IMDb