Anuradha 1960 film

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{{short description|1960 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Anuradha
| image = Anuradha (1960).jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = Hrishikesh Mukherjee L. B. Thakur
| story = [[Sachin Bhowmick]]
| screenplay = Shachin Bhowmick [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]] D. N. Mukherjee Samir Chowdhary
| starring = [[Balraj Sahni]] [[Leela Naidu]]
| music = [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]] {{small|(composer)}} [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] {{small|(lyricist)}}
| cinematography = Jaywant Pathare
| editing = Das Dhaimade
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1960}}
| runtime = 141 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}
'''''Anuradha''''' ({{lang-hi|अनुराधा}}; {{lang-en|Love of Anuradha}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1960|1960]] Hindi-language 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 [[Femina Miss India|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]].<ref>[http://www.ultraindia.com/movies/awards/hrishikesh.htm Hrishikesh Mukherjee Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015095045/http://ultraindia.com/movies/awards/hrishikesh.htm |date=15 October 2007 }} on winning, the 31st Dada Saheb Phalke Award.</ref> The film was based on a short story written by [[Sachin Bhowmick]], first published in the Bengali monthly magazine ''Desh'', and according to his autobiography, he was inspired by ''[[Madame Bovary]]'', an 1857 novel by [[Gustave Flaubert]], to create this story.

The film 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.

==Plot==
Anuradha Roy ([[Leela Naidu]]), a noted radio singer, dancer and daughter of a rich man, falls in love with an idealistic doctor, Dr. Nirmal Chowdhary ([[Balraj Sahni]]). She decides to marry him against her father's will. Nirmal, whose mother died of illness, has decided to serve the poor in the distant village of Nandagaon. He asks Anuradha to not follow the hardships his life has, but to live the life her father plans. But she still insists to follow her love. She rejects the wedding proposal set by her father with the London-returned Deepak ([[Abhi Bhattacharya]]). Deepak wishes her well, and promises to help her in future if she ever needs any.

After the marriage and a daughter, Anuradha realizes the gravity of the choice of living in a village. Taking care of the family, doing all household chores, she quits singing, the singing that once was her life. One day, after many years, her father visits her family and reconciles. Seeing her poor condition, he then asks them to come and stay in the city with him. But, due to his patients, Nirmal rejects the offer and promises to move after some time.

Deepak, while travelling with his girlfriend meets with a car accident and is hence rushed to Dr. Nirmal. Nirmal does successful [[plastic surgery]] on his girlfriend. Deepak gets to stay with Anuradha for a few days and realizes her hardships. He requests her to leave Nirmal and move to the city and pursue her passion for music. It is then that she has to decide between her love for her husband and music. The clinching moment is when Dr. Nirmal concedes to her desire to leave him and restart her life in the city. At this point she asks him: "Can't you ask him to go away? And never come back again?", indicating that she has no plans to leave him (her husband).

== Cast ==
* [[Balraj Sahni]] as Dr. Nirmal Chaudhary
* [[Leela Naidu]] as Anuradha Roy
* Ranu
* [[Abhi Bhattacharya]] as Deepak
* [[Nazir Hussain]]
* [[David Abraham Cheulkar|David]]
* [[Hari Shivdasani]] as Brijeshwar Prasad Roy
* Asit Sen as Zamindar
* Mukri as Atmaram

==Awards==
;[[National Film Awards]]
* [[8th National Film Awards|1960]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]<ref name="8thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx |title=8th National Film Awards |publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]] |access-date=7 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123052231/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=23 November 2016 }}</ref>
;[[Berlin International Film Festival]]
*[[11th Berlin International Film Festival|1961]]: [[Golden Bear]]: Nomination

==Soundtrack==
The film music department had a rare combination, [[sitar]] maestro [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]], with lyricist [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]].

* "Jaane Kaise Sapno Main" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
* "Sanware Sanware Kahe Mose" - Lata Mangeshkar
* "Kaise Din Beete, Kaise Beeti Ratiyan" - Lata Mangeshkar <ref>{{YouTube|Cyutrpsiqm4|"Kaise Din Beete"}}</ref>
* "Bahut Din Huye" - [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
* "Hai Re Woh Din Kyon Na Aaye" - Lata Mangeshkar <ref>[http://www.geetmanjusha.com/hindi/movie/414.html Songs of Anuradha 1960] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925211028/http://www.geetmanjusha.com/hindi/movie/414.html |date=25 September 2008 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0137362|Anuradha}}

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[[Category:1960 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1960 drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films based on Madame Bovary]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ravi Shankar]]

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