Hanste Zakhm

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Hanste Zakhm
Directed by	Chetan Anand
Produced by	Chetan Anand
Starring	Navin Nischol Priya Rajvansh Balraj Sahni Nadira Jeevan Nadira Suman Sikand Achala Sachdev Kamal Kapoor Mac Mohan
Music by	Madan Mohan
Release date(s)	1973
Country	India
Language	Hindi
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Hanste Zakhm is a 1973 Indian Hindi film produced and directed by Chetan Anand with music by Madan Mohan.

The film stars Navin Nischol, Priya Rajvansh, Balraj Sahni, Nadira, Jeevan, Kamal Kapoor, D. K. Sapru and Suman Sikand with others. The lyrics are by Kaifi Azmi.

[edit] Plot

The film revolves around Chanda (Priya Rajvansh), Somesh (Navin Nischol) and Mahendru (Balraj Sahni).

Mahendru (Balraj Sahni) is a top police officer who lives with his young daughter Chanda. Chanda's best friend is Rekha, daughter of a prostitute. Rekha stays over at Chanda's house, when Rekha's mother accidentally kills someone in an effort to stop her pimp (Jeevan) from making Rekha into a prostitute as well. She goes to prison and begs Mahendru not to tell Rekha anything about her. The pimp decides to kidnap Rekha and instead his goons accidentally kidnap Chanda. Once he realizes the error, he asks Mahendru for 50,000 rupee ransom money. Mahendru borrows the money from a friend, but the pimp eventually deceives him and delivers the girl to a madam (Nadira).

The grown-up Chanda (Priya Rajvansh) gets physically beaten into becoming a prostitute. She and Somesh (Navin Nischol) fall in love, but he is slated to marry Rekha, whom he chooses not to marry. Chanda eventually realizes that she really is Mahendru's daughter. The pimp kills her. Before dying in her father's arms, she asks Somesh to marry Rekha, and he does.