''Anurodh'' (English: ''Request'') is a 1977

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directed by

Shakti Samanta Shakti Samanta (13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as ''Anand Ashram'' (1977), Anusandhan /''Barsaat Ki Ek Raat'' (1981), ''Anyay Abhi ...

. Produced by Girija Samanta under the banner of Samanta Enterprises, the film is a remake of the 1963

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film ''

Deya Neya ''Deya Neya'' (English: ''Give and Take'', released 1963) is a Bengali film directed by Sunil Bandopadhyay and starring Uttam Kumar and Tanuja in lead roles. This is a romantic comedy film which portrays a man's struggle on a light note and en ...

''. The film stars

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who made her debut,

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, Asit Sen

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and

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. The music of the film is by

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. The movie revolves around a rich city boy (played by Khanna), who aspires to be a musician against his father's wishes and assumes a different identity to sing for a radio station, while his songs are written by a poor friend (played by Mehra) Pyarelal quoted in an interview "

had great interest in music and a terrific sense of melody too. His music is dominated by Pancham (R. D. Burman) and we accepted Shakti Samanta's Anurodh only because Rajesh Khanna had some misunderstanding with Pancham then and did not want to work with him." Director

said that although the film had an "interesting story", he felt that audiences didn't want to accept the leading man,

, doing romantic scenes with his real-life wife

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's sister

and this is the reason this film was just a superhit otherwise it would have been a bigger blockbuster.

Plot

Arun was the only son of a rich businessman Mr. Chaudhury. He was an upcoming singer, who sang in local radio mostly the songs written by his friend Shrikant. His father wants him to look after their family business and thinks singing is not the kind of job for people of their status. This always leads to friction between father and son. On the other end, Shrikant leads a very poor lifestyle along with his widowed mother. He earns a living by writing songs and articles. Arun frequently helps them with money as Shrikant becomes chronically ill and couldn't work outside. While things are like this, one day Arun fights with his father and decides to leave his house for

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(presently Kolkata). He joins as a singer there in local radio and works as a driver in the house of Mr. Mathur. He uses name Sanjay Kumar to hide his identity. Mathur lives along with his grandchild Sunita. He lost his son in a war and can't find the whereabouts of his daughter-in-law and grandson for which he continuously organizes searches. Arun grows close with Sunita, headstrong granddaughter of Mathur. Sunita admires Sanjay Kumar without knowing that he and Arun are one and the same. Mathur learns that Arun was the escaped son of his friend Chaudhury and informs him regarding Arun's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Shrikant becomes critically ill and doctors diagnose it as end stage tuberculosis. His mother comes to Calcutta along with him. Arun gets shocked to see Shrikant like that and swears to save him anyway. He decides to organize a stage show though he decides not to do it till the last minute. He sings on a stage and earns enough money for the operation. The surgeon recognizes Shrikant's mother as the lost daughter-in-law of Mathur and informs him. Srikant's operation becomes a success and he gets reunited with his grandfather. Arun's parents come to Calcutta to see how their son became famous and his father changes his opinions regarding singing. At the end, everyone reconciles and Sunita and Arun marry.

Cast

as Arun Choudhury / Sanjay Kumar / Pritam Nath Ghayal *

as Sunita Mathur *

as Ramesh Chandra Mathur *

as Shrikant Mathur *

as Radha Mathur *

as R.K. Choudhary *

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as Sushma Choudhary *

as Anju *

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as Manjeet *

as Bhishan Singh * Asit Sen as Saxena (Radio Station Manager) *

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as Mr.Sharma *

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as Mahir Lucknowi * Amol Sen as Pooran singh * Birbal as Veera *

Mrinal Mukherjee Mrinal Mukherjee ( – 7 May 2019) was an Indian actor, theatre personality, and music director. He is the father of actor and singer Jojo. He is remembered for his negative and supporting roles in Bengali cinema. Career In 1955, Mukherjee ...

as Anand Mathur *

Abhi Bhattacharya Abhi Bhattacharya (20 November 1921 – 11 August 1993) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema, who is most remembered for his roles in films of the 1950s and the 1960s, such as '' Yatrik'' (1952), ''Jagriti'' (1954), '' Anuradha'' (1 ...

as Dr.Sen * Subroto Mahapatra as Bholuram, Sunita's driver * Amar Nath as Guptaji

Soundtrack

All lyrics are given by

Anand Bakshi Anand Bakshi (21 July 1930 – 30 March 2002) was an Indian poet and lyricist. He won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist 4 times during his career. He wrote over 6000 film songs in more than 300 films. Early life Anand Bakshi (Bakshi Anand Pr ...

and composed by

. Kishore Kumar got nominated for the song "Aapke Anurodh Pe" at

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but lost to Mohammad Rafi for Kya Hua Tera Wada.

Reception

It received five out of five in the Bollywood guide ''Collections''. The film grossed 6 crores at the box office in 1977. Music became super hit, especially the song 'Aapke Anurodh Pe' sung by

Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of modern India ...

. "Aate Jaate Khoobsurat" and "Jab dard nahi tha" were the other blockbuster songs sung by Kishore Kumar. Kishore Kumar was nominated for

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for the song "Aap Ke Anurodh" and

for

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the awards starte ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0268146 1977 films Indian buddy films Indian romantic drama films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films directed by Shakti Samanta Hindi remakes of Bengali films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal