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{{short description|1941 Indian film}}
{{for|the 1958 film|Khazanchi (1958 film)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Khazanchi
| image = Khazanchi 1941 poster.jpg
| alt = Poster
| caption = Poster
| director = Moti B. Gidwani
| producer = D. M. Pancholi (Pancholi Productions, Lahore)
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| narrator =
| starring = M. Esmail S. D. Narang Ramola Devi Durga Mota Manorma Ajmal Khairati,Jankidas
| music = [[Ghulam Haider (composer)|Ghulam Haider]]
| cinematography = Badri Das
| editing = Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
| studio = Pancholi Art Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1941|||[[British India]]}}
| runtime = 171 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}
[[File:Khazanchi (1941).webm|thumb|x220px|''Khazanchi'']]
'''''Khazanchi''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1941|1941]] (pre-[[Partition of India|partition]]) blockbuster,<ref name="boi">{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ== | title=Box Office 1941 | publisher=www.boxofficeindia.com | accessdate=31 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421002538/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ== | archive-date=21 April 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> directed by Moti B. Gidwani,<ref name="cp">{{cite web | url=http://cineplot.com/khazanchi/ | title=Khazanchi (1941) | publisher=www.cineplot.com | date=7 November 2009 | accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> starring M. Ismail, S. D. Narang, Ramola Devi, Manorama and Durga Mota in lead roles.<ref name=cp /> M. Ismail played the title role of a Khazanchi (English: Cashier). The movie was the biggest hit<ref name="us">{{cite web | url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/ghulam-haider | title=Ghulam Haider | publisher=www.upperstall.com | accessdate=31 March 2012}}</ref> and the top earner<ref name=boi /> of 1941. The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Moondru Pillaigal]]'' (1952).<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Moondru-Pillaigal-1952/article15529076.ece</ref>

== Synopsis ==

'''Khazanchi''' is a murder mystery. Shadi Lal is a ''Khazanchi'' (English: Cashier) in a bank in [[Lahore]]. His son Kanwal wants to marry Madhuri, the daughter of a rich man, Durga Das.

[[File:Ramola in Khazanchi (1941).jpg|thumb|200px|alt=Ramola as Madhuri|Ramola Devi as Madhuri]]

A wicked wealthy, Ajmal, also wants to marry Madhuri. One day, Shadi Lal goes to [[Bombay]] for some bank work and the news comes from the city that Shadi Lal has murdered an actress and stolen her jewellery and money.

A clever woman, Tarawati, tricked Shadi Lal in a night club and stole his money, but her two accomplice men murdered her while snatching the money from her and when intoxicated Shadi Lal wakes up, he finds himself with her dead body and his money stolen. Seeing this, he runs away and on the next day, the newspaper headlines say: '''''Khazanchi killed actress'''''. He spends some very bad days of his life during this period.

Later, he gets caught and his son, Kanwal (an advocate now), fought the case from his side. Meanwhile, the newspaper reporter stumbles upon important facts regarding the stage actress' murder and got kidnapped by the villain, but manages an escape and reaches the court, revealing the truth. Thus Shadi Lal gets acquitted.

== Cast ==

* Ramola as Madhuri
* S. D. Narang as Kanwal
* M.Esmail as Shadilal
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorma]] as Asha, Shadi Lal's daughter and Kanwal's sister
* [[Madan Puri]] as dancer on stage
* [[Jankidas|Janki Dass M.A.]] as Ram Das
* [[M. Ajmal|Ajmal]] as Ramesh
* Durga Mota as Durga Das
* Nafees
* Kamla
* Fazal Shah
* Dev Datt
* Khairati as servant in Durga Mota house

== Music ==

The music director [[Ghulam Haider (composer)|Ghulam Haider]] made an experiment by combining popular [[Raga|Raags]] of Indian classical music with [[Music of Punjab|Punjabi folk music]]<ref name=us /> and revolutionalized<ref name="wp">{{cite web | url=http://indianbaja.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/vintage-film-khazanchi-1941/ | title=Vintage film : Khazanchi (1941) | publisher=www.wordpress.com | date=19 June 2010 | accessdate=31 March 2012}}</ref> the film music industry. The songs were hits. The playback includes [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Noor Jehan]] and more.<ref>http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/khazanchi.htm</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Song Title !! Singer
|-
| "Diwali Phir Aa Gayi Sajni" || [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
| "Laut Gayi Papan" || Shamshad Begum
|-
| "Mohe Bhabhi La Do Bhaiyya" || Shamshad Begum
|-
| "Mori Chudiya Aayegi Aali" || Shamshad Begum
|-
| "Naino Ke Baan Ki Reet Anokhi" || [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Ghulam Haider (composer)|Ghulam Haider]]
|-
| "Pine Ke Din Aaye Piye Ja" || Shamshad Begum
|-
| "Sawan Ke Najare Hai" || Shamshad Begum
|-
| "Man Dhire Dhire Rona" || Shamshad Begum
|}

== See also ==

* ''[[Gul-E-Bakawali (film)]]''

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0214846|Khazanchi (1941)}}
* [https://indiancine.ma/DHZ/info Khazanchi (1941)] on indiancine.ma

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1941 films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian mystery films]]
[[Category:1941 mystery films]]

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