Anuraag is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Moushumi Chatterjee, in her debut as a heroine, and Vinod Mehra in lead roles. The Shakti Samanta fixture Rajesh Khanna, having earlier made Aradhana (1969) and Kati Patang (1971) with Samanta, makes a special appearance. The music is by S. D. Burman. Initially, Samanta was unsure if the distributors would buy a film with such a storyline and had shared the idea with Rajesh Khanna, who encouraged Samanta and volunteered to make an extended appearance for the film, and also distributed the film under the banner "Shakti-Raj" (indicating Shakti Samanta and Rajesh Khanna).[1]
| Anuraag | |
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| Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
| Written by | Vrajendra Gaur |
| Screenplay by | Madhusudhan Kalelkar Binoy Chatterjee |
| Story by | Shakti Samanta |
| Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
| Starring | Ashok Kumar Nutan Rajesh Khanna Vinod Mehra Moushmi Chatterjee |
| Cinematography | Aloke Das Gupta |
| Edited by | Bijoy Choudhury |
| Music by | S. D. Burman |
Production company | Shakti Films |
| Distributed by | United Producers |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The film became a semi-hit, while doing extremely well in big cities.[2] and won the Filmfare Best Movie Award for the year. It was later remade into the Telugu film Anuragalu (1975) with Sridevi in her first leading role. A. Bhimsingh also remade it in Malayalam as Raagam (1975). It was also remade in Tamil as Neela Malargal (1979) and in Kannada as Chiranjeevi (1976).
Plot
editA blind sculptor, Shivani (Moushumi Chatterjee) stays in an ashram and makes friends with a young boy Chandan(Satyajeet), who is suffering from cancer. She falls in love with Rajesh (Vinod Mehra). Rajesh asks his parents to permit him to marry her, to which his mother agrees, but his father refuses. Then, an eye specialist reveals that an eye replacement would cure her. Later, as a dying wish, the young boy donates his eyes to her.[3]
Cast
edit- Ashok Kumar - Mr. Shiv Shankar Rai/Rai Saheb
- Nutan - Anu Rai (Rai Saheb's daughter-in-law)
- Rajesh Khanna - Gangaram, shopkeeper (Guest appearance)
- Vinod Mehra - Rajesh
- Moushmi Chatterjee - Shivani
- Master Satyajeet - Chandan Rai, grandson of Rai Saheb
- Nasir Hussain - Anu's Father
- Murad - Eye Specialist
- David
- Asit Sen - D'Souza
- Madan Puri - Amirchand, Rajesh's father
- Anita Guha - Rajesh's Mother
- Abhi Bhattacharya - Hari
- Satyen Kappu - Dr. Sunil
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack of the film contains 5 songs. The music is composed by S.D. Burman, with lyrics by Anand Bakshi[4]
| Anuraag | ||||
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| Released | December 1, 1973[5] | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:00 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Saregama | |||
| Producer | S. D. Burman | |||
| S. D. Burman chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sun Ri Pawan Pawan Purvaiya" | Lata Mangeshkar | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Tere Nainon Ke Main Deep Jalaoonga" | Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Ram Kare Babua (with Dialogues)" | Kishore Kumar | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Neend Churayi Chain Churaye" | Lata Mangeshkar | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Mera Raja Beta Boojhe Ek Paheli" | Lata Mangeshkar | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Anuraag Theme (Instrumental)" | S.D. Burman | 6:11 |
| Total length: | 20:49 | ||
Awards and nominations
editWon
- Best Film – Shakti Films
- Special Award – Rajesh Khanna
Nominated
References
edit- ^ "OTT | TV | Bollywood | Hollywood - News, Reviews, Gossips". 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Box Office 1972". Box Office India. 20 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.
- ^ Anuraag (1972) Rediff.com Movies.
- ^ Anuraag 1972
- ^ "Anuraag". Apple Music. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
External links
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