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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Oonche Log<br />
| image = Oonche Log 1965.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| producer = Sathyam-Nanjundan<br />
| director = [[Phani Majumdar]]<br />
| music = [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = Phani Majumdar<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Major Chandrakanth (play)|Major Chandrakanth]]''|[[K. Balachander]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Ashok Kumar]]<br /> [[Raaj Kumar]] <br />[[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]] <br />Kanhaiya Lal <br />[[Deven Verma]] <br />[[Tarun Bose]] <br />Kumud Tripathi<br />
| cinematography = [[Kamal Ghosh]]<br />
| editing = M.V. Rajan<br />
| studio = Chitrakala Studio<br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|1965|8|19|India}}<br />
| runtime = 144 min.<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Oonche Log''''' ({{translation|High Society People}}) is a 1965 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama film]] directed by [[Phani Majumdar]]. It is based on the play ''[[Major Chandrakanth (play)|Major Chandrakanth]]'', by [[K. Balachander]].<ref name="continuum">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/KB%E2%80%99s-continuum/article16448445.ece|title=KB's continuum|last=Narayan|first=Hari|date=15 November 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123114238/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/KB%E2%80%99s-continuum/article16448445.ece|archive-date=23 November 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The main character roles of this film were played by [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Raaj Kumar]] and [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Oonche-Log-1965/article15938102.ece |title=Oonche Log (1965) |last=Ranjan Das Gupta |date=1 May 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Its lyrics were composed by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]] and the music was given by [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]].<br />
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The film was shot at [[Vauhini Studios]], [[Chennai]] and was also noted as the first big hit of newcomer [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]], who was noted for his sensitive performance against veterans such as [[Raaj Kumar]] and [[Ashok Kumar]].<ref name=life>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024085102/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-27/india/27999273_1_feroz-khan-sanjay-khan-movie-star Feroz Khan lived life king size] [[The Times of India]]. 27 April 2009.</ref> At the [[13th National Film Awards]] it won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Second Best Feature Film in Hindi]]<ref name="13thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13thNFAAward.aspx|title=13th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054256/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="13thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/13th_NFA.pdf|title=13th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Major Chandrakant<br />
* [[Raaj Kumar]] as Inspector Shrikant <br />
* [[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]] as Rajnikant <br />
* [[K. R. Vijaya]] as Bimla Prabhu<br />
* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] as Master Gunichand <br />
* [[Tarun Bose]] as Mohan Prabhu (Bimla's Brother)<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Major Chandrakant ([[Ashok Kumar]]), gets blind during warfare, has two sons Inspector Shrikant ([[Raaj Kumar]]) and Rajnikant ([[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]]) along with a faithful servant Jumman Miyan.<br />
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Major Chandrakant promises his neighbour Master Gunichand ([[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]]) to get his daughter Pallavi married to Rajnikant. But he falls in love with Bimla ([[K. R. Vijaya]]) at Madras during Cadet training, who gets pregnant, but he is not ready to accept her, due to fear of telling the truth to his father. Rajnikant returns to Madras on receiving a telegram from Bimla, and asks her to abort the child and returns, but Bimla commits suicide and her brother Mohan ([[Tarun Bose]]) vows to avenge his sister's death, follows him in the train and kills Rajnikant is now on the run from the police and takes refuge in the major's house who confesses that he is not a murderer, but actually is a professor, and had killed a person in rage because he had deceived his sister. The major keeps him away from his inspector son and asks him to stay for the night in his attic. The major receives a telegram about Rajnikant's death and finds that he is the same murderer of his son and is ashamed that his son had done such a misdeed.<br />
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Inspector Shrikant returns home to be apprehended by Mohan with a pistol but is overpowered by Shrikant and arrests Major Chandrakant for abetting a killer.<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The film's music was created by [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]] with lyrics written by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]].<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Jaag Dil-E-Deewana, Rut Jaagi Vasl-E-Yaar Ki"<br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Haay Re, Tere Chanchal Nainwa"<br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Aaja Re Mere Pyar Ki Rahi"<br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]] [[Mahendra Kapoor]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Kaisi Tune Reet Rachi Bhagwan"<br />
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Manna Dey]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0236554|Oonche Log}}<br />
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{{K. Balachander}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1965 films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Chitragupta]]<br />
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Phani Majumdar]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Phani Majumdar]]<br />
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