Aradhana (1969 film)

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{{short description|1969 film by Shakti Samanta}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aradhana
| image = Aradhana (1969 film).jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Shakti Samanta]]
| producer = Shakti Samanta
| writer = Sachin Bhowmick [[Anand Bakshi]] lyrics
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Sharmila Tagore]] [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Sujit Kumar]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Abhi Bhattacharya]] [[Ashok Kumar]]
| narrator =
| music = '''Music & Background Score''' [[S. D. Burman]] '''Sound Recordist & Assistant Music Director:''' [[R.D. Burman]]
| cinematography = Alok Dasgupta
| editing = Sahil Budhiraja
| studio =
| distributor = Shakti Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1969|09|27}}
| runtime = 169 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|link=yes}}{{#expr:7+10.85}}{{nbsp}}[[crore]]{{efn|name=Gross|''Aradhana'' worldwide gross: {{INR}}{{#expr:7+10.85}} crore (equivalent to {{INR}}{{#expr:254+551}} crore or US${{#expr:39+82}} million in 2016)
*India: {{INRConvert|7|c|year=1969}} in 1969<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=175&catName=MTk2OQ==|title=Box Office 1969|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014065501/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=175&catName=MTk2OQ==|archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>
*Soviet Union: 11.85 million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]]{{efn|47.4 million tickets sold,<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|date=3 August 2008|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609183351/https://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|url-status=live}}</ref> average ticket price of 25 [[Soviet ruble|kopecks]])<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510014311/https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 |date=10 May 2018 }}, [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>}} (US$14.29 million,{{efn|0.829 [[Soviet ruble]]s per US dollar in 1972<ref name="russia">{{cite web|title=Archive|url=http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls|website=[[Central Bank of Russia]]|year=1992|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-date=17 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717030948/http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls|url-status=live}}</ref>}} {{INR}}10.85 crore){{efn|name=RupeeUSD72|7.5945 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1972<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-date=12 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512095429/http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|url-status=live}}</ref>}} in 1972<ref name="soviet" /> (equivalent to US${{Inflation|US|14.29|1972}} million ({{INR}}551 crore)<ref name="exchange16">{{cite web|url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|title=Yearly Average Rates (67.175856 INR per USD in 2016)|publisher=[[OFX (company)|OFX]]|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|archive-date=13 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2016) }}
}}
'''''Aradhana''''' ({{trans|Worship}}) is a 1969 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama]] film directed by [[Shakti Samanta]], starring [[Sharmila Tagore]] and [[Rajesh Khanna]]. It won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Film]] at the [[17th Filmfare Awards]]. Tagore won her only [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/19slide2.htm |title=rediff.com: Dial D for Darjeeling |publisher=Specials.rediff.com |access-date=14 January 2012 |archive-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813174011/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/19slide2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Originally released in Hindi<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Aradhana|year=1969|location=0:19}}</ref> and dubbed in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], ''Aradhana''{{'}}s huge success led to two remakes: the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]] ''[[Sivagamiyin Selvan]]'' (1974)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980222/mirror2.html|title=Why not in Tamil?|date=22 February 1998|website=Sunday Times|access-date=12 May 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422070222/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980222/mirror2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Telugu cinema|Telugu film]] ''Kannavari Kalalu'' (1974).<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 December 2014|title=Birthday Special: Remembering Rajesh Khanna's top five films|url=http://post.jagran.com/birthday-special-remembering-rajesh-khannas-top-five-films-1419847963|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001142736/http://post.jagran.com/birthday-special-remembering-rajesh-khannas-top-five-films-1419847963|archive-date=1 October 2018|access-date=2018-10-01|website=[[Jagran Post]]}}</ref> This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of [[Rajesh Khanna]] between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two hero films ''[[Maryada (1971 film)|Marayada]]'' and ''[[Andaz (1971 film)|Andaz]]'' to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/eight-lesser-known-facts-about-rajesh-khanna-on-his-death-anniversary/story-eMKmVMlFkKlbSLqAFAf7qI.html|title=Eight lesser known facts about Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary|date=18 July 2015|work=The Hindustan Times|access-date=5 October 2016|archive-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829000244/http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/eight-lesser-known-facts-about-rajesh-khanna-on-his-death-anniversary/story-eMKmVMlFkKlbSLqAFAf7qI.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Aradhana'' was a blockbuster in [[India]] and the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/apr/12/12464/remembering-master-screenwriter-sachin-bhowmick-ndash-death-anniversary-special |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 April 2018 |archive-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413124749/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/apr/12/12464/remembering-master-screenwriter-sachin-bhowmick-ndash-death-anniversary-special |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|name=Gross}} The theme of the movie was based on the 1946 film ''[[To Each His Own (film)|To Each His Own]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost.php?postid=postid070409095932|title=Aradhana (1969) & To Each His Own (1946)|website=bobbytalkscinema.com|access-date=14 February 2016|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809012355/http://bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost.php?postid=postid070409095932|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Plot ==
In an idyllic hilly terrain, [[Indian Air Force]] officer Arun Varma sings "[[Mere Sapno Ki Rani]]" atop an open jeep along with his co-pilot Madan, while Vandana, the daughter of a doctor Gopal Tripathi demurely sneaks glances at him from a mini train. After a brief romance, they have a secret wedding. After which it starts raining and they have to stay in a hotel, during this they physically intimates with each other . This is where Vandana becomes pregnant.

Soon afterward, Arun dies in an air crash. His family refuses to accept the unwed Vandana since her marriage with Arun was never formalised. Meanwhile, her father also dies, leaving her destitute. Vandana's son is finally born, but she is forced to let a childless couple adopt him. Determined to be a part of his life, she accepts the responsibility of becoming his nanny. The boy is named Suraj. Her employer's brother Shyam arrives and lusts for Vandana. He tries to rape her when no-one is around, but Suraj arrives and stabs him to death to save Vandana. When the police arrive, Vandana takes the blame for the murder and is arrested while Suraj runs away and forgets this mishap as he grows up.

Several years later, when Vandana is released from jail, she is befriended by the jailor who takes her home and introduces her to his daughter Renu. Vandana comes face to face with Suraj when she discovers that Renu is dating him. Suraj, just like how his father wished, is an air-force officer. He slowly starts remembering that he has seen Vandana somewhere, although Vandana wants to hide the truth as she feels Suraj may be embarrassed upon realising his parents' background and history. Vandana makes herself at home at the jailor's house.

Suraj is injured in an air crash like his real father Arun but survives. While he is recuperating in the hospital, Vandana meets Madan, who knows that Suraj is Arun and Vandana's son. He wants to tell Suraj the truth, but Vandana does not want Suraj to know that he is her son, fearing the consequences. Later when Vandana is not around, Suraj sees her diary where Arun's photo is found. Realising that Arun and Vandana are his true parents, he salutes Vandana's self-sacrificing attitude and acknowledges her publicly as his mother.

== Cast ==
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Vandana Verma / Vandana Tripathi (Arun's Widow)
* [[Rajesh Khanna]] as Flight Lieutenant Arun Verma / Suraj Prasad Verma /Suraj Prasad Saxena
* [[Sujit Kumar]] as Air Commodore Madan Verma
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Air Commodore Ganguli (Retd)
* [[Pahari Sanyal]] as Gopal Tripathi
* [[Anita Guha]] as Mrs. Prasad Saxena
* [[Abhi Bhattacharya]] as Ram Prasad Saxena
* [[Madan Puri]] as the Jailor
* [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Tikaram
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Verma (Suraj's Wife)
* [[Subhash Ghai]] as Flight Lieutenant Prakash (Suraj's colleague and friend)
*Krishna Kant as Mr. Verma (Arun's Father)

== Production ==
The film was scripted by [[Sachin Bhowmick]]. The theme of the movie was based on the 1946 film ''[[To Each His Own (film)|To Each His Own]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost.php?postid=postid070409095932|title=Aradhana (1969) & To Each His Own (1946)|website=bobbytalkscinema.com|access-date=14 February 2016|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809012355/http://bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost.php?postid=postid070409095932|url-status=live}}</ref> A day prior to the shooting of ''Aradhana'', producer Surinder Kapoor showed Samanta his latest film, ''[[Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati]]'' with [[Shashi Kapoor]] as the lead, which was also written by Sachin Bhowmick. Much to his surprise, this film had a similar ending to his own film. The following day, Samanta decided to scrap his film, when writers [[Gulshan Nanda]] and Madhusudan Kalelkar visited his office. Upon hearing the issue, it was Gulshan Nanda who suggested to have a double role of father and son in the film. Originally, the first hero was to die by the interval and a new hero was to step in.<ref>{{cite web |title=Originally, Aradhana and Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati had the same climax |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-shakti-samanta-the-director-with-a-keen-ear-for-music/20120626.htm#3 |date=26 June 2012 |publisher=Rediff Movies |access-date=7 May 2013 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911010058/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-shakti-samanta-the-director-with-a-keen-ear-for-music/20120626.htm#3 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same evening, while Aradhana was being cancelled, Nanda recited a story of ''[[Kati Patang]]'' to Samanta, which he instantly liked, so for the next couple of hours they first rewrote the second half of ''Aradhana'', and subsequently went on to discuss ''Kati Patang''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two of his finest films were created in one evening |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-shakti-samanta-the-director-with-a-keen-ear-for-music/20120626.htm#4 |date=26 June 2012 |publisher=Rediff Movies |access-date=7 May 2013 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911010058/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-shakti-samanta-the-director-with-a-keen-ear-for-music/20120626.htm#4 |url-status=live }}</ref> The "Roop Tera Mastana" song sequence, which lasted more than three minutes and 30 seconds, was filmed in a single take.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/SRK-Kajol-to-shoot-one-take-song-in-Dilwale-but-its-not-Bollywoods-first/articleshow/48654893.cms|title=SRK Kajol to shoot one take song in Dilwale, but it's not Bollywood's first|work=Business Insider|access-date=12 May 2017|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019130933/http://www.businessinsider.in/SRK-Kajol-to-shoot-one-take-song-in-Dilwale-but-its-not-Bollywoods-first/articleshow/48654893.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Sharmila Tagore believes this was done due to time constraints.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/your-call-with-sharmila-tagore-full-transcript-510271|title='Your Call' with Sharmila Tagore: full transcript|work=NDTV.com|access-date=12 May 2017|archive-date=27 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527204753/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/your-call-with-sharmila-tagore-full-transcript-510271|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Aradhana
| type = Soundtrack
| longtype = to ''Aradhana''
| artist = [[S. D. Burman]], [[Kishore Kumar]] & [[R. D. Burman]]
| cover = Aradhana songs.jpeg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = Original LP Cover
| released = 1969
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| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| label = [[EMI Records]]
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The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[S. D. Burman]], with lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]]. Sachin Dev Burman had written the music for the songs of ''Aradhana'' with his son, [[Rahul Dev Burman]], and completed the recording of the songs in the voices of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar and S.D. Burman himself. In "Roop Tera Mastana", [[Kersi Lord]] played the [[accordion]], [[Homi Mullan]] played the [[Duggi (drum)|duggi]] and [[Manohari Singh]] played the [[saxophone]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview – HQ Chowdhury, Speaking to Shakti Samanta, Dhaka film festival 2001|url=http://www.youtube.com|publisher=Moti Lalwani|access-date=17 January 2017|archive-date=28 April 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050428014715/http://www.youtube.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/oct/31burman.htm|title=The Aradhana syndrome and S D Burman|date=31 October 2000|work=Rediff|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005192311/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/oct/31burman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/the-unforgettable-music-rajesh-khanna-kishore-kumar-and-rd-burman-created-together-245250|title=NDTV Movies: Bollywood News – Celebrity News – Celebrity Gossip – Latest Bollywood Stories|website=movies.ndtv.com|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724134404/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/the-unforgettable-music-rajesh-khanna-kishore-kumar-and-rd-burman-created-together-245250|archive-date=24 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| music = Kishore Kumar & S. D. Burman

| title1 = [[Mere Sapno Ki Rani]]
| length1 = 5:00
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title2 = Kora Kagaz Tha Yeh Man Mera
| length2 = 5:38
| extra2 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title3 = Gun Guna Rahe Hai Bhanvare
| length3 =3:53
| extra3 = [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
| title4 = Roop Tera Mastana
| length4 = 3:45
| extra4 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title5 = Saphal Hogi Teri Aradhana
| length5 = 5:45
| extra5 = [[S. D. Burman]]
| title6 = Chanda Hai Tu Mera Suraj Hai Tu
| length6 = 4:02
| extra6 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| title7 = Baghon Mein Bahar Hai
| length7 = 3:52
| extra7 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]

| total_length = 31:55
}}

{{tracklist
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| extra_column = Singer(s)
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| title1 = Eto Kache Dujone
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Madhobi Futeche Oi
| extra2 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Rahul Dev Burman]]
| length2 =
| title3 = Chondro Je Tui
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 =
| title4 = Mor Shopner Shathi
| extra4 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| length4 =
| title5 = Gunjone Dole Je Bhromor
| extra5 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
| length5 =
| title6 = Aj Hridoye Bhalobeshe
| extra6 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Kishore Kumar]]
| length6 =
}}

== Awards ==
; [[17th Filmfare Awards|1969]] [[Filmfare Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Winners -1969 |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/366821.cms |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120709172616/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/366821.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |work=The Times Of India }}</ref>
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[Shakti Samanta]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Sharmila Tagore]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] – [[Kishore Kumar]] for the song "Roop Tera Mastana"

== Impact ==
''Aradhana'' had a large impact on Indians in general. It inspired many to take up films as a vocation, one of them being the popular Indian actor [[Tom Alter]], who confessed in an interview that he headed to [[Film and Television Institute of India]] after being impressed watching Rajesh Khanna in ''Aradhana'' in 1970.<ref>{{cite AV media|date=23 August 2016|title=Guftagoo with Tom Alter|language=hi|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCeKUKxt-U|access-date=4 May 2017|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha TV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/lsquoI-still-dream-of-being-Rajesh-Khannarsquo/article15941561.ece|work=The Hindu|title=I still dream of being Rajesh Khanna|date=12 July 2009|access-date=22 May 2017|archive-date=10 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810033952/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/lsquoI-still-dream-of-being-Rajesh-Khannarsquo/article15941561.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030731/cth1.htm|title=Chandigarh Stories|publisher=Tribune India|date=31 July 2003|access-date=7 August 2011|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708194233/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030731/cth1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0065416|Aradhana}}
* [http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2000/oct/31burman.htm The Aradhna Syndrome]

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