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Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se

  • 1978
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Sachin Pilgaonkar and Ranjeeta Kaur in Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)
Arun and Lily met in classroom for the first time. Arun (Sachin), the only son of a Barrister father, stood second in the exams to Lily Fernandes (Ranjeeta), a shy, simple, modest girl - the daughter of an ordinary nurse in a private nursing home. The shock of the defeat was too much for Arun, and he took up a challenge - even nursed a personal vendetta - to bring down the growing popularity of Lily in the college. Lily, however, bore no malice against him. She even tolerated all the sarcasm and nasty pranks of the close chums of Arun.
As time went by, Arun and Lily started admiring each other's qualities. One day, Arun's father walked in to the Fernandes house with a proposal for marriage between Arun and Lily. The happiness of the young lovers knew no bounds. But when everything was nicely set up for a happy ending, suddenly, Lily falls ill. Blood culture test proves the case to be Leukemia. No effort is spared to arrest the disease, and save the poor girl. But will Lily survive? What happens next?
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A young man must deal with a broken engagement ceremony, while his to-be fiancée waits to be treated for blood cancer.A young man must deal with a broken engagement ceremony, while his to-be fiancée waits to be treated for blood cancer.A young man must deal with a broken engagement ceremony, while his to-be fiancée waits to be treated for blood cancer.

  • Director
    • Hiren Nag
  • Writers
    • Vrajendra Gaur
    • Madhusudan Kalelkar
    • Hiren Nag
  • Stars
    • Sachin Pilgaonkar
    • Ranjeeta Kaur
    • Madan Puri
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    480
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hiren Nag
    • Writers
      • Vrajendra Gaur
      • Madhusudan Kalelkar
      • Hiren Nag
    • Stars
      • Sachin Pilgaonkar
      • Ranjeeta Kaur
      • Madan Puri
    • 13User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

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    Sachin Pilgaonkar
    Sachin Pilgaonkar
    • Arun Prakash Mathur
    • (as Sachin)
    Ranjeeta Kaur
    Ranjeeta Kaur
    • Lily Fernandes
    • (as Ranjeeta)
    Madan Puri
    Madan Puri
    • Hari Prakash Mathur
    Iftekhar
    Iftekhar
    • Dr. Pradhan
    Urmila Bhatt
    Urmila Bhatt
    • Ruby Fernandes
    Rajendranath Malhotra
    Rajendranath Malhotra
    • Mr. Malpani
    • (as Rajendra Nath)
    Mehmood Jr.
    Mehmood Jr.
    • Madanlal Agarwal
    • (as Mehmood [Junior])
    Harindranath Chattopadhyay
    Harindranath Chattopadhyay
    • Mr. Rodriques
    Murad
    Murad
    • Principal
    Birbal
    Birbal
    • Gopal Chandra Haathi
    H.L. Pardesi
    • Raghu
    • (as Pardesi)
    Chandrika
    Meena Chitnis
    Arvind Deshpande
    Arvind Deshpande
    • Dr. Kapoor
    Ratan Gaurang
    Ratan Gaurang
    • Laxman
    Hansni
    Anand Joshi
    Ritu Kamal
    • Lily's Aunt
    • Director
      • Hiren Nag
    • Writers
      • Vrajendra Gaur
      • Madhusudan Kalelkar
      • Hiren Nag
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    User reviews13

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    qtmuskan

    one of my favorites!

    this movie is one of those few Indian movies that portrays realistic picture rather than the typical ideal picture. I likes this movie because the characters in this movie seem real, they can be anyone you go to college with or see on the street. Another thing was the main conflict that the characters face, it is portrayed without too much drama and in a way that tugs your heart, you'll laugh and you'll cry, it's a tear jerker! it will make you appreciate the presence of the one you love in your life. the songs are amazing. especially like the one with kabir's and rahim's dohe (one of those few INTELLIGENT songs u'll ever hear)
    10dimplehitler

    Unique Indian Movie

    Original Indian romance can be watched in Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se ( Through the Eyelashes (1978) ). Starring Sachin and Ranjeeta, this movie is simple, but for all people except children. This is also a educational movie because one can learn some guiding principles. This is a super hit movie of 1978 and one of the best Indian movie of 1970s.
    10nidhigautamajmer

    Awesome movie with classic story

    An awesome hit movie of 1978 where audience gets bound to the movie forgetting all other things.All people will relate to there college life of competition. Lead characters are excellent.Poignant portrayal of Lily Fernandez is beautiful which also received a nomination for best actress at Filmfare. The chemistry between lead pair is fantastic.Both are fascinating.Initially fighting with each other ending up in romantic duo.They travel to beach,each other's house,park together on weekends.Comic timing by Mehmood junior is also good.Lily(lead) is suffering from leukemia but hides the fact from Arun who overhears this news from his father and Doctor.He goes to Lily to make her smile.They both travel to same places and rejuvenate.Lily's condition gets better but then deteriorates. Will she survive?

    The songs are classic and phenomenal.The title is sung by Hemlata. The nomination at filmfare proves this.
    10computer-61351

    Best Hindi movie of all time (Romantic genere)

    There is no vulgarity. Lily-Arun created history by this movie in Indian cinema.

    Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (Through the Eyelashes (1978) ) is a highly praised and famous Indian movie. It is regarded as the best Bollywood movie of all time in romantic genere. It is a pure Bollywood romantic movie that is without vulgarity.

    Arun (Sachin) and Lily (Ranjeeta) proved their great acting brilliance in this movie. Their performance in this movie is exceptional. Direction of the movie is better than its remarkable story.
    9nitishkumarmohanta

    Another Movie Which can be Easily Lovable by 3 Different Generations....

    Those were the days ! When my father used to run cassettes through tape recorder. I was very young at that time and these songs still remains my heart and of course gives me a lot of joy after listening these tracks. 4 months back I watched Sachin Pilgaonkar's "Nadiya ke Paar" and absolutely loved that movie and decided to go for this "Ankhiyon ke Jharakon Se" but unfortunately due to some busy schedules in my professional job I couldn't go for it. But now in this evening I decided to go for it and gonna review it straight from my heart..

    This movie is a Musically Gem, Tragically Awesome, Romantically Heart Warming. All those Human Emotions will be easily testable through this brilliant movie. The first half of this movie is all about College Life, fun in the classes, romance with classmates, being competitive among peers and sports and cultural competitions ; Whereas the 2nd Half of the movie is all about Tragedy due to some unavoidable circumstances, characters decision making ability and courage to handle such situations. We as an audience can easily feel all those emotions behind the characters. In fact, in the last 45min there was not a single seconds where my eyes were not leaking those tears. Ohh Man! This movie definitely gonna make you cry! Similarly it will give you the perfect definition of True Love.

    The Music is top notch in this entire film especially those background scores designed by Ravinder Jain is truly heart touching. The Acting performances of 2 leading characters were extremely great. I am very much impressed with Sachin's acting and of course Ranjeeta stole my heart. I am quite surprised that why they both didn't focused that much in playing Leading characters in their future times in movies. They both along with the actress of 'Nadiya ke Paar' definitely deserved some brilliant acting projects for their future. It was a 1978 movie, still it's runtime is around 130min which is great and the editor did his job perfectly in that department. Even after 45+years it still feeling refreshing to watch.. Definitely recommending to go with your whole family.. From my side it will be 9 Out of 10 Stars for it...

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    • Trivia
      The Akhiyon ke jharokon se number 'kayee din se mujhe'. Music by Ravindra Jain sampled from Mozart's 40th Symphony, movement 3
    • Goofs
      In the end when Camera pans backwards through the college building, it halts briefly over a Blackboard on which a stanza from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem was written. The stanza from the poem titled 'A Psalm of Life' had line '... And, Departing, leave behind us...'. In the movie the word 'leave' was mistakenly written as 'live'.
    • Soundtracks
      Ankhiyon Ke Jharokon Se
      Music by Ravindra Jain

      Lyrics by Ravindra Jain

      Performed by Hemalata

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 1978 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Rajshri
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Through the Eyelashes
    • Filming locations
      • Bombay, India(Bombay/Mumbai)
    • Production company
      • Rajshri Productions
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    • Budget
      • ₹4,800,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 15m(135 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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