Aradhana

Aradhana (1969)

आराधना

Vandana's husband, Arun, gets killed in an air crash after they secretly get married but no one accepts their marriage. Thereafter, she is forced to put her child up for adoption and later work as his nanny to stay by his side.

Date of release
1969-11-07
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (18)
Runtime
2h 49m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Shakti Samanta

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: To Each His Own
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Filmfare Award for Best Film

Aradhana is a 1969 Indian Hindi musical 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 gave one of the best performances of her career and won Filmfare Best Actress Award. Originally released in Hindi and dubbed in Bengali, Aradhana's huge success led to two remakes: the Tamil film Sivagamiyin Selvan (1974) and the Telugu film Kannavari Kalalu (1974).

Trivia

In the song 'Mere Sapno ki rani' Sharmila Tagore is seen reading a novel while in the train. The novel is 'When the eight bells toll' by author Alistair MacLean.

A movie of the same name was released in 1971, starring Anthony Hopkins.

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