Shehnai is a 1964 Hindi-language Musical Romance movie written by Gulshan Nanda and directed by S. D. Narang and produced by S. D. Narang. Story of Military commitment by a military wife, Shobha (Calcutta, 1942) played by Nirupa Roy, who in spite of losing her husband to the Air Force and World War 2, despite hardships, carrying the family legacy forward, educates her only son Deepak (played by Biswajeet) to join the Air Force. Deepak also shows firm commitment to his vocation and legacy when forced into taking a decision to choose between his lady love, Preeti (played by Rajshree) and his Air Force Service, by Preeti's parents who fear that Air Force service will endanger his life. Preeti too, opts to serve the Red Cross so that she could be with Deepak. Written by Mamta Dhody (Jabalpur,Delhi). Shehnai stars Rajshree in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Nirupa Roy, Johnny Walker, Parveen Chowdhry, Biswajeet Chatterjee, Rehman Khan and Parveen Choudhary. The music was composed by Ravi. Cinematography was done by Sudhin Mazumdar and editing by K. Nanda. The motion picture has a running time of 140 minutes. It was released on 1st January 1964.