Anupama (1966 film)

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Anupama
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Poster
Directed byHrishikesh Mukherjee
Written byRajinder Singh Bedi
Biren Tripathy (Dialogue Director)
Screenplay byBimal Dutta
D.N. Mukherjee
Story byHrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by
StarringDharmendra
Sharmila Tagore
Shashikala
Deven Verma
Cinematography
Edited by
Music byHemant Kumar
Release date
1966 (1966)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Anupama (transl. Incomparable) is a 1966 Hindi film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The movie stars Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Shashikala, Deven Verma and Surekha Pandit. The music was composed by Hemant Kumar. At the 1966 National Film Awards it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.[1]

The film was critically acclaimed and was nominated for four Filmfare Awards and won Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography, B&W. It did "Above Average" business at the Indian Box Office.[2] One of the best Indian movie on father and daughter relationship.[3]

Plot[]

Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose), a successful businessman in Bombay, marries Aruna (Surekha Pandit) late in his life, and is leading a happy married life, when, unfortunately, his wife dies during childbirth, leaving behind a young daughter, Uma (Sharmila Tagore), whom he cannot bear to see, except when he is drunk. Naturally, the daughter grows up all by herself and becomes highly introverted and depressed. As time passes, Mohan Sharma's health starts failing due to overwork and alcoholism; doctors suggest a change of weather to a hill station, Mahabaleshwar.

Meanwhile, Arun (Deven Verma), son of Mohan Sharma's friend Hari Mehta, and who is set to marry Uma but starts loving Annie (Shashikala) instead. He returns home after studying engineering abroad for five years, and joins them along with his friend, Ashok (Dharmendra), a writer and a teacher who due to his straightforward nature most of the time remains jobless. Things change when young Ashok enters Uma's life. Uma falls in love with Ashok but she cannot do anything to jeopardize the already fragile relationship between her and her father who dislikes Ashok. Finally, Uma's father agrees and Uma leaves with Ashok to his village.

Cast[]

Production[]

In an interview, the director shared that film was partly based on the life of his cousin. “My aunt died during childbirth, my uncle became an alcoholic, and he couldn’t stand his daughter" Part of the film, including the hit song, "Kuch Dil Ne Kaha was shot in Mahabaleshwar.[4]

Soundtrack[]

The music for the movie was composed by Hemant Kumar and the lyrics were written by Kaifi Azmi. The movie includes many popular songs such as "Dheere Dheere Machal" picturised on Surekha & Tarun Bose, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Hemant Kumar. "Ya Dil Ki Suno" and "Kuch Dil Ne Kaha" are other memorable songs from this movie.

Song Singer/s Length
"Dheere Dheere Machal" Lata Mangeshkar 4:04
"Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha" Lata Mangeshkar 4:10
"Bheegi Bheegi Faza" Asha Bhosle 4:14
"Kyon Mujhe Itni Khushi" Asha Bhosle 4:01
"Ya Dil Ki Suno Duniyawalo" Hemant Kumar 4:32

Release[]

Awards[]

Nominated
  • Best Film: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
  • Best Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
  • Best Story: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
  • Best Supporting Actress: Shashikala[5]

References[]

  1. ^ National Film Awards (1966)
  2. ^ "Box Office 1966". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  3. ^ Classic Revisited: Anupama by Dinesh Raheja, Rediff.com.
  4. ^ The Sound of Silence Indian Express, March 15, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Anupama - Awards Internet Movie Database.

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