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Sixteenth Year is a film of genre Drama directed by Raj Khosla released in USA on 1 january 1958 with Dev Anand
Sixteenth Year (1958)
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Add to a movie listSolva Saal (English: Sixteenth Year) is a 1958 Hindi movie. Produced by Chandrakant C Desai, the film is directed by Raj Khosla. The film stars Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman. The film's music is by Sachin Dev Burman and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.
This film also contains the song "Hai apna dil to awaara" picturized on Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman in the train, sung by Hemant Kumar.
Director Raj Khosla makes a cameo appearance in the movie.
Synopsis
Classmates Laaj (Waheeda Rehman) and Shyam elope to Bombay with Laaj's necklace, which they hope to pawn to pay for their travels. On the train, a crafty journalist named Pran (Dev Anand) overhears the lovers' plan and follows them in search of a story. When Shyam snatches the necklace and runs off, it's Pran to the rescue. What follows is a song-filled caper of intrigue, adventure and romance. Then Laaj is helped by Pran, firstly on the railway track,then when laaj become sad,she tries to drown herself.Actors
Dev Anand
(Prannath Kashyap)
Waheeda Rehman
(Laaj)
Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri)
Bipin Gupta
(Shankarlal)
Prabhu
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