Jaanwar (1983 film)

Jaanwar English language Animal, Alternate Title Janwar is an Indian Bollywood fantasy genre film directed by Ali Raza, released onApril, 1983. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Aman as the main lead characters of the film. This film was of different genre than the other films of the pair. The film gives a social message of saving animals The film takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of Raju who gets separated from his father and has to live in a village next to forest and of Rajkumari who as a newborn girl is forced by circumstances to be abandoned in a forest and subsequently is brought by animals.

Elephant promptly takes the newborn and places it in temple.The baby then is brought up by the animals of the forest and is taught animal language.She grows up as a sexy girl who has never met men and does not know to talk any language. Pradeep takes his brothers throne and makes Kamal his righthand man. Kamal wants his son Mangal Prem Chopra to marry Pradeeps daughter Tara Yogeeta Bali in order to inherit the throne. They continue to search for the treasure which they had thought of stealing from Murad but are unable to find it.Later Mangal and Tara arrive in the forest for a hunting expedition and wound a tiger, causing it to ravage the surrounding villages in its pain. The fearful villagers ask Raju for his help in finding the angry tiger and putting it out of its and their misery. Now Tara decides to take along Raju with her for hunting so that no animal attacks them. But Raju tells Mangal and Tara that he is against hunting nut still accompanies them. Tara shoots a deer even though Raju stops her and then Eagle God gets angry and host of animals attack Taramati and Mangal. But just because of Raju they are saved and as their jeep is destroyed by elephants they set up tent. Tara becomes thirsty and asks for water and Raju says he would being it from the nearby river.There when he goes he sees a semi nude clad young woman and is impressed with her looks. But he is bitten by a cobra and becomes unconscious.On seeing this that girl calls up the snake to remove poison.This girl turns out to be none other than the baby girl who has been brought up by Animals in the dense forest. The nameless young woman had never seen a man before and is amazed by the difference in his looks from other living beings she has seen. She even remembers his smell.When Raju regains consciousness the girl hides. Later the girl being attracted to Raju visits the tent and Taramati gets afraid on seeing her so raises an alarm. Raju then to find out who she was goes in her search and then gets

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