- Anuradha (1960 film)
Infobox Film
name =Anuradha
| Anuradha Album Cover featuring Leela Naidu
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director =Hrishikesh Mukherjee
producer =Hrishikesh Mukherjee
L. B. Thakur
writer =Sachin Bhowmick (story & screenplay)Rajinder Singh Bedi (dialogue)
D. N. Mukherjee (screenplay)
Samir Chowdhary (screenplay)
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starring =Balraj Sahni
Leela Naidu
music =Pandit Ravi Shankar Shailendra (lyrics)
cinematography = Jaywant Pathare
editing = Das Dhaimade
distributor =
released = 1960
runtime = 141 min
country = India
language = Hindi
budget =
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imdb_id = 0137362"Anuradha" (अनुराधा) (Love of Anuradha English) is a 1960 Hindi movie produced and directed by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee . The film starsBalraj Sahni ,Leela Naidu , Asit Sen andMukri .The film's music was composed by
Pandit Ravi Shankar , in one of his rare forays intoHindi Cinema [ [http://www.downmelodylane.com/ravishankar.html Ravi Shankar Filmography] ] , [ [http://www.ultraindia.com/movies/awards/hrishikesh.htm Hrishikesh Mukherjee Biography] on winning, the 31st Dada Saheb Phalke Award.] . The film was based on a short story written bySachin Bhowmick , first published in the Bengali monthly magazine 'Desh ' and according his autobiography, it was inspired by "Madame Bovary ", a novel byGustave Flaubert [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137362/trivia Trivia]Internet Movie Database ".] .The film went on win the
National Film Award for Best Film and a nomination forGolden Bear , atBerlin International Film Festival in 1961.Plot
Anuradha Roy (
Leela Naidu ), a noted radio singer and daughter a rich man, falls in love with an idealistic doctor, Dr. Nirmal Chowdhary (Balraj Sahni ), who serves the poor in the distant villagge Nanda gaon. After the marriage and a daughter, she realises the gravity of the choice of living in a village, it is then she has to decide between her love and her love for city life.Cast
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Balraj Sahni - "Dr. Nirmal Chaudhary"
*Leela Naidu - "Anuradha Roy"
* Ranu
*Abhi Bhattacharya - "Deepak"
*Nasir Hussain
* David
* Hari Shivdasani - "Brijeshwar Prasad Roy"
* Asit Sen - "Zamindar"
* Mukri - "Atmaram"Awards
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1961 :National Film Award for Best Film
*1961 :Berlin International Film Festival :Golden Bear : Nomination [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137362/awards Awards] "Internet Movie Database ".]oundtrack
The film music department had a rare combination,
sitar maestro,Pandit Ravi Shankar , with lyricist,Shailendra .* "Jaane Kaise Sapno Main" -
Lata Mangeshkar
* "Sanware Sanware Kahe Mose" -Lata Mangeshkar
* "Kaise Din Beete, Kaise Beeti Ratiyan" -Lata Mangeshkar [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyutrpsiqm4 "Kaise Din Beete"] ]
* "Savre Savre Kahe Mose" -Lata Mangeshkar
* "Bahut Din Huye" -Mahendra Kapoor
* "Hai Re Woh Din Kyon Na Aaye" -Lata Mangeshkar [ [http://www.geetmanjusha.com/hindi/movie/414.html Songs of Anuradha 1960] ]References
External links
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* [http://www.watchindianmovies.in/videos.php?id=1281 Excepts "Anuradha" (1960 film)]
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