Anuradha (1960 film)
| Anuradha | |
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| Directed by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Screenplay by | Shachin Bhowmick Rajinder Singh Bedi D. N. Mukherjee Samir Chowdhary |
| Story by | Sachin Bhowmick |
| Produced by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee L. B. Thakur |
| Starring | Balraj Sahni Leela Naidu |
| Cinematography | Jaywant Pathare |
| Edited by | Das Dhaimade |
| Music by | Pandit Ravi Shankar (composer) Shailendra (lyricist) |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Anuradha (Hindi: अनुराधा; English: Love of Anuradha) is a 1960 Hindi-language Indian film produced and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Balraj Sahni and Leela Naidu in lead roles along with Asit Sen and Mukri. The film is noted for being Miss India Naidu's debut film.
The film's music was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, in one of his rare forays into Hindi cinema. The film was based on a short story by Sachin Bhowmick, first published in the Bengali monthly magazine Desh, and according to his autobiography, Madame Bovary, the 1857 novel by Gustave Flaubert, inspired him to create this story.
The film didn't do well at the box office, but went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival in 1961.
Trivia
This dialogue by Nasir Hussain, "beti gaana gaao, main tumhare pita samaan hun" was repeated again in the film Abhimaan. It may be noted that the dialogue writer and director of both the films were the same; Rajinder Singh Bedi and Hrishikesh Mukherjee respectively.