Diwana

Diwana

1967 · 171 min · ★ 9.3 · Music, Romance, Drama

Meet Pyarelal, a simple-minded, naive young man, orphaned at birth, living with a Muslim landlady, Fatima, who treats him like her son. When the police arrest Pyarelal on the charge of murder, no one really believes that this harmless man could harm anyone, leave alone kill. Their belief is shattered when Pyarelal openly admits in Court that he has indeed committed this crime, and demands capital punishment for it.

Directed by Mahesh Kaul · Written by C.L. Kavish

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Cast

Raj Kapoor Pyare
Saira Banu Kamini Gupta
Lalita Pawar Fatima Begum
Kamal Kapoor Ramdas
Hiralal Chopra
Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi Kaka
Leela Mishra Kaki
Ravindra Kapoor Inder Singh
Salim Khan Diljit Singh
Jankidas Mehra Chaddha
Brahm Bhardwaj Public Prosecuter
Bazid Khan Advocate S.D.Mathur

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