Shehnai (1964 film)

Shehnai is a 1964 Indian Hindi family drama film directed by S. D. Narang. The film stars Biswajeet, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Leela Chitnis, Johnny Walker, Iftekhar and Asit Sen. The story was written by Gulshan Nanda with screenplay by Z. Hussain. The films music was composed by Ravi. The songs Na Jhatko Zulf Se Pani, Kya Ajab Saaz Hai Yeh Shehnai, Is Tarah Toda Mera Dil, Kitni Jawan Hai Zindagi Kitni Jawan Bahaar and others were written by Rajendra Krishan.The film is about a pilots widow who goes through hardship and loneliness in order to fulfil her husbands last wish to make her son an Air Force pilot.

The story starts in 1942 against the backdrop of war. Shobha Nirupa Roy and Asha Veena are friends married to two pilot officers Rehman and Iftekhar. Shobha is pregnant and her husband extracts a promise from her that if its a boy she will make him join the Air Force. The next morning the families have to vacate the Air Force station due to war activities. The two pilots are killed when their plane is hit during a mission. Shobha lives with her motherinlaw in Kashmir and gives birth to Deepak. The grandmother fusses over and spoils Deepak. Shobha has to finally send Deepak to a boarding school as he gets into bad company and plays truant from school. The motherinlaw dies leaving Shobha alone to fend for herself. Deepak Biswajeet grows up to be an excellent student with a promising future in business. Against his own wishes he joins the Air Force when his mother reminds him of the promise she had made to his father.Deepak meets Preeti Rajshree and they fall in love and plan to get married. Preetis 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 mothers 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 Preetis mother has had a change of heart and is happy about their wedding. ........

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