Aradhana (1969 film)

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Aradhana
Image:Rajeshkhanna1.jpg
Directed by	Shakti Samanta
Produced by	Shakti Samanta
Written by	Sachin Bhowmick
Starring	Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Farida Jalal, Sujit Kumar
Cinematography	Alok Dasgupta
Release date(s)	September 27, 1969
Running time	169 mins
Language	Hindi
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Aradhana (Worship) is a 1969 Bollywood film starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. It is a remake of the Hollywood film To Each His Own, a 1946 movie.^[1] It was voted best film of the year by the Filmfare Awards. Sharmila Tagore would win the Filmfare Best Actress Award for the same role that won Olivia de Havilland her first Academy Award for Best Actress.

Contents 1 Plot 2 1969 Awards 3 Trivia 4 References

[edit] Plot

The story opens against the backdrop of idyllic hilly terrain with airforce officer Arun (Rajesh Khanna) crooning "Mere sapno ki rani" atop an open jeep, while Vandana (Sharmila Tagore) demurely sneaks glances at him from a mini train. After a brief romance, they have a secret wedding.

Soon afterwards, Arun dies in an air crash leaving behind a heartbroken and pregnant Vandana. His family refuses to accept the unwed mother-to-be since her marriage with Arun is never formalised. Vandana is finally forced to let a childless couple adopt her newborn son, Suraj. But determined to be a part of his life, she accepts the responsibility of becoming his nanny.

[edit] 1969 Awards

• Filmfare Best Movie Award: Shakti Samanta
• Filmfare Best Actress Award: Sharmila Tagore
• Filmfare Best Male Playback Award: Kishore Kumar for the song Roop tera mastana.

[edit] Trivia

• In the film Parineeta, Sharmila Tagore's son, Saif Ali Khan rides on the same train Tagore rides on in Aradhana. [1].

[edit] References

• The Aradhna Syndrome

Awards
Preceded by Brahmachari	Filmfare Award for Best Film 1969	Succeeded by Khilona

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