Anuradha
About Anuradha
Anuradha Roy, a radio singer and a rich man's daughter, played by Leela Naidu, marries Dr. Nirmal Chowdhary, played by Balraj Sahni, and follows him to the village of Nandagaon. She gives up singing, keeps the house, and raises their daughter. She had turned down Deepak, the London-returned match her father wanted. Years later her father visits, sees how they live, and asks them to move to the city. Nirmal refuses because of his patients.
Cast & crew
More about Anuradha
Hrishikesh Mukherjee produced and directed. Rajinder Singh Bedi wrote the dialogue. The story is Sachin Bhowmick's, first printed in the Bengali magazine Desh. Bhowmick later said Flaubert's Madame Bovary pushed him toward it. Ravi Shankar wrote the music, one of his few Hindi scores. It was Naidu's first film. She had been Miss India. Abhi Bhattacharya plays Deepak. The film did poorly in theaters.
Themes
Audiences
It did not do well at the box office.
Music
Ravi Shankar composed the score, including the songs Anuradha gives up after the marriage.
Notes
- Asit Sen and Mukri are in the supporting cast.
- A Nasir Hussain line, "beti gaana gaao, main tumhare pita samaan hun," was reused in Abhimaan, which Mukherjee and Bedi also made.
- The Hindi title is Anuradha. An English rendering used at the time is Love of Anuradha.
Awards
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film
Scenes
- Anuradha refuses Deepak and goes to the village.
- Her father asks them to leave Nandagaon. Nirmal stays for his patients.
Influenced by
- Sachin Bhowmick's story in Desh
- Madame Bovary
Influenced
- Abhimaan