Manoranjan

Jan 11, 1974

2h 42m

★ 4.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

United Producers

Eagle Films

Manoranjan Trailers

Cast

Dhoop Chhaon

Shammi Kapoor

Constable Ratan 'Sheru'

Sanjeev Kumar

Nisha

Zeenat Aman

Balram

Dev Kumar

Lolita

Faryal

Madan Puri

Kanwarjeet Paintal

Asit Sen

Murad

Mac Mohan

Moolchand

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