Aradhana (1969)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 49 mins

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The musical romance about non-family- sanctioned sex that established Khanna as a major star backed by the singing voice of Kishore Kumar and Burman’s music. The film helped set the pattern for 70s entertainment cinema. Arun (Khanna), an Air Force officer, secretly marries Vandana (Tagore) who bears him a son. Arun dies in an air crash. Vandana is rejected by Arun’s family as his legal wife. To safeguard her son’s honour, she decides to let him be adopted by a childless couple while making sure she is responsible for raising the child by becoming his nanny. She devotes the rest of her life to raising her son to become an air force pilot like his father. Khanna plays both father and son. Remembered mainly for its music with e.g. Mere sapnon ki rani and Kora Kaagaz. The film’s best-known song, Roop tera mastana (sung by Kishore Kumar), was picturised in a single 4’ take deploying the conventional cloudburst as a metaphor for sex as the drenched heroine, clad only in a blanket, succumbs to the hero’s advances after a sexual encounter in the next room has been shown in silhouette. This sequence was for years presented to students of Indian film schools as the definitive example of mise en scene.

Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore

Crew: Shakti Samanta (Director), Aloke Dasgupta (Director of Photography), Sachin Dev Burman (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Release Dates: 24 Oct 1969 (India)

Hindi Name: आराधना

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Did you know? Sharmila Tagore was pregnant with Saif Ali Khan when she went on stage to receive her Best Actress Award for the film. Read More
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as Arun
as Vandhana Tripathi
as Ram Prasad Saxena
as Sitaram
as Prosecuting lawyer
as The Inn Keeper
as Renu
as Arun's Aunt
as Prison Warden
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as Madan Verma
as Orphanage director

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Music Label: Saregama India Limited
05:45

Music Director: Sachin Dev Burman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Sachin Dev Burman
03:43

Music Director: Sachin Dev Burman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar
04:55

Music Director: Sachin Dev Burman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar
03:45

Music Director: Sachin Dev Burman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar
05:00

Music Director: Sachin Dev Burman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar
Movie Connection(s):
Featured in: Dil Daulat Duniya (Hindi)
Remade as: Sivakamyin Selvan (Tamil)
Reference: American Desi (English)

Remade as: Kannavaari Kalalu (Telugu)
Trivia:
This is the first film to feature the popular pairing of Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore.

Sharmila Tagore was pregnant with Saif Ali Khan when she went on stage to receive her Best Actress Award for the film.

Shakti Samanta couldn't get combined dates from Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore while shooting "Mere Sapno Ki Rani". They shot their part separately and the two footages were later edited together to appear as if they were in the same frame.

In the scene of Sharmila Tagore's son Suraj's entry, the person who plays Sureaj's friend Prakash is actually the famous Bollywood director Subhash Ghai.