Aradhana (1969 film)
Aradhana | |
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Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
Written by | Sachin Bhowmick Anand Bakshi lyrics |
Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
Starring | Sharmila Tagore Rajesh Khanna Sujit Kumar Farida Jalal Abhi Bhattacharya Ashok Kumar |
Cinematography | Alok Dasgupta |
Edited by | Sahil Budhiraja |
Music by | Music & Background Score S. D. Burman Sound Recordist & Assistant Music Director: R.D. Burman |
Distributed by | Shakti Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 169 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | est. ₹17.85 crore[d] |
Aradhana (transl. Worship) is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. It won the Filmfare Award for Best Film at the 17th Filmfare Awards. Tagore won her only Filmfare Best Actress Award.[7] Originally released in Hindi[8] and dubbed in Bengali, Aradhana's huge success led to two remakes: the Tamil film Sivagamiyin Selvan (1974)[9] and the Telugu film Kannavari Kalalu (1974).[10] This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two hero films Marayada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971.[11] Aradhana was a blockbuster in India and the Soviet Union.[12][d] The theme of the movie was based on the 1946 film To Each His Own.[13]
Plot[]
In an idyllic hilly terrain, Indian Air Force officer Arun Varma sings "Mere Sapno Ki Rani" atop an open jeep along with his co-pilot Madan, while Vandana, the daughter of a doctor Gopal Tripathi demurely sneaks glances at him from a mini train. After a brief romance, they have a secret wedding. After which it starts raining and they have to stay in a hotel, during this they have sex with each other . This is where Vandana becomes pregnant.
Soon afterward, Arun dies in an air crash. His family refuses to accept the unwed Vandana since her marriage with Arun was never formalised. Meanwhile, her father also dies, leaving her destitute. Vandana's son is finally born, but she is forced to let a childless couple adopt him. Determined to be a part of his life, she accepts the responsibility of becoming his nanny. The boy is named Suraj. Her employer's brother Shyam arrives and lusts for Vandana. He tries to rape her when no-one is around, but Suraj arrives and stabs him to death to save Vandana. When the police arrive, Vandana takes the blame for the murder and is arrested while Suraj runs away and forgets this mishap as he grows up.
Several years later, when Vandana is released from jail, she is befriended by the jailor who takes her home and introduces her to his daughter Renu. Vandana comes face to face with Suraj when she discovers that Renu is dating him. Suraj, just like how his father wished, is an air-force officer. He slowly starts remembering that he has seen Vandana somewhere, although Vandana wants to hide the truth as she feels Suraj may be embarrassed upon realising his parents' background and history. Vandana makes herself at home at the jailor's house.
Suraj is injured in an air crash like his real father Arun but survives. While he is recuperating in the hospital, Vandana meets Madan, who knows that Suraj is Arun and Vandana's son. He wants to tell Suraj the truth, but Vandana does not want Suraj to know that he is her son, fearing the consequences. Later when Vandana is not around, Suraj sees her diary where Arun's photo is found. Realising that Arun and Vandana are his true parents, he salutes Vandana's self-sacrificing attitude and acknowledges her publicly as his mother.
Cast[]
- Sharmila Tagore as Vandana Verma / Vandana Tripathi (Arun's Widow)
- Rajesh Khanna as Flight Lieutenant Arun Verma / Suraj Prasad Verma /Suraj Prasad Saxena
- Sujit Kumar as Air Commodore Madan Verma
- Ashok Kumar as Air Commodore Ganguli (Retd)
- Pahari Sanyal as Gopal Tripathi
- Anita Guha as Mrs. Prasad Saxena
- Abhi Bhattacharya as Ram Prasad Saxena
- Madan Puri as the Jailor
- Asit Sen as Tikaram
- Farida Jalal as Renu Verma (Suraj's Wife)
- Subhash Ghai as Flight Lieutenant Prakash (Suraj's colleague and friend)
- Krishna Kant as Mr. Verma (Arun's Father)
Production[]
The film was scripted by Sachin Bhowmick. The theme of the movie was based on the 1946 film To Each His Own.[14] A day prior to the shooting of Aradhana, producer Surinder Kapoor showed Samanta his latest film, Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati with Shashi Kapoor as the lead, which was also written by Sachin Bhowmick. Much to his surprise, this film had a similar ending to his own film. The following day, Samanta decided to scrap his film, when writers Gulshan Nanda and Madhusudan Kalelkar visited his office. Upon hearing the issue, it was Gulshan Nanda who suggested to have a double role of father and son in the film. Originally, the first hero was to die by the interval and a new hero was to step in.[15] The same evening, while Aradhana was being cancelled, Nanda recited a story of Kati Patang to Samanta, which he instantly liked, so for the next couple of hours they first rewrote the second half of Aradhana, and subsequently went on to discuss Kati Patang.[16] The "Roop Tera Mastana" song sequence, which lasted more than three minutes and 30 seconds, was filmed in a single take.[17] Sharmila Tagore believes this was done due to time constraints.[18] Asha Parekh was offered the role of Vandana, which she refused as she did not want to play Rajesh Khanna's mother. Parekh incidentally appeared as Khanna's love interest in Kati Patang.
Soundtrack[]
Aradhana | |
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Soundtrack album to Aradhana by | |
Released | 1969 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Language | Hindi |
Label | EMI Records |
The soundtrack of the film was composed by S. D. Burman, with lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Sachin Dev Burman had written the music for the songs of Aradhana with his son, Rahul Dev Burman, and completed the recording of the songs in the voices of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar and S.D. Burman himself. In "Roop Tera Mastana", Kersi Lord played the accordion, Homi Mullan played the duggi and Manohari Singh played the saxophone.[19][20][21]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mere Sapno Ki Rani" | Kishore Kumar | 5:00 |
2. | "Kora Kagaz Tha Yeh Man Mera" | Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar | 5:38 |
3. | "Gun Guna Rahe Hai Bhanvare" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle | 3:53 |
4. | "Roop Tera Mastana" | Kishore Kumar | 3:45 |
5. | "Saphal Hogi Teri Aradhana" | S. D. Burman | 5:45 |
6. | "Chanda Hai Tu Mera Suraj Hai Tu" | Lata Mangeshkar | 4:02 |
7. | "Baghon Mein Bahar Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi | 3:52 |
Total length: | 31:55 |
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Eto Kache Dujone" | Kishore Kumar | |
2. | "Madhobi Futeche Oi" | Lata Mangeshkar, Rahul Dev Burman | |
3. | "Chondro Je Tui" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
4. | "Mor Shopner Shathi" | Kishore Kumar | |
5. | "Gunjone Dole Je Bhromor" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle | |
6. | "Aj Hridoye Bhalobeshe" | Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar |
Awards[]
- Best Film – Shakti Samanta
- Best Actress – Sharmila Tagore
- Best Male Playback Singer – Kishore Kumar for the song "Roop Tera Mastana"
Impact[]
Aradhana had a large impact on Indians in general. It inspired many to take up films as a vocation, one of them being the popular Indian actor Tom Alter, who confessed in an interview that he headed to Film and Television Institute of India after being impressed watching Rajesh Khanna in Aradhana in 1970.[23][24][25]
Notes[]
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- ^ "Why not in Tamil?". Sunday Times. 22 February 1998. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
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- ^ "Eight lesser known facts about Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary". The Hindustan Times. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Aradhana (1969) & To Each His Own (1946)". bobbytalkscinema.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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- ^ "Originally, Aradhana and Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati had the same climax". Rediff Movies. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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- ^ "'Your Call' with Sharmila Tagore: full transcript". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Interview – HQ Chowdhury, Speaking to Shakti Samanta, Dhaka film festival 2001". Moti Lalwani. Archived from the original on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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- ^ Guftagoo with Tom Alter (in Hindi). Rajya Sabha TV. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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