Anuradha (1960)
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee; Writer: Sachin Bhowmik, D.N Mukherjee, Samir Choudhury, Rajinder Singh Bedi; Producer: Hrishikesh Mukherjee; Cinematographer: Jaywant Pathare; Editor: Das Dhaimade; Cast: Balraj Sahni, Abhi Bhattacharya, Leela Naidu, Baby Ranu, Nasir Hussain, Hari Shivdasani, Mukri, Rashid Khan, Asit Sen, Ashim Kumar, Madhav Chitnis, Bhudo Advani
Duration: 02:11:22; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Lightness: 0.181; Volume: 0.135; Cuts per Minute: 7.497; Words per Minute: 63.487
Summary: A sentimental variation on Madame Bovary: Anuradha Roy (Naidu), a lively and successful singer, marries a dull but idealistic country doctor (Sahni) and soon gets bored. Her former lover, who has an accident while passing through her village, ignites memories of her past and persuades her to return to her former profession. However, a timely visit by a famous and worldly-wise doctor, who recognises her sacrifice as more praiseworthy than the genius of her husband, reconciles her to her new life. Some poetic shots in the film play on life’s ironies: while Anuradha looks at palm trees in the moonlight, the doctor gazes at wriggling worms through his microscope. Imaginative cutting (the director is also an expert editor) creates effective narrative ellipses, as when the newly married bride eagerly awaits her husband and he bursts in, years later, tired and irritable. Mukherjee’s traditionally conservative fable about marriage is well served by Sahni’s underacting, the subtle play of shadows suggesting the flavour of Anuradha’a nostalgia for her former success, and Ravi Shankar’s music, including popular songs like Kaise din beete and Hai re woh din kyon na aaye (sung by Lata Mangeshkar).
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Song: Saanware saanware, jaao saanware
Kaahe mose karo jora jori
साँवरे, साँवरे, जाओ, साँवरे, साँवरे
काहे मोसे करो जोर जोरी, बैंयाँ ना मरोड़ो मोरी
Song: Bahut din hue taaron ke desh mein
chandaa ki nagariya mein rehte the ek raja
बहुत दिन हुए तारों के देश में
चंदा की नगरिया में रहते थे इक राजा
Song: Jaane kaise sapno mein kho gayi ankhiyaan
mai to hun jaagi meri so gayi ankhiyaan
जाने कैसे सपनों मैं खो गयी अँखियां
मैं तो हूँ जागी मोरी सो गयी अँखियां
Song: Jaane kaise sapno mein kho gayi ankhiyan
जाने कैसे सपनों मैं खो गयी अँखियां
मैं तो हूँ जागी मोरी सो गयी अँखियां
Song: Sun mere laal, yun na ho behaal
Song: Kaise din beete kaise beetee ratiyaa
कैसे दिन बीते कैसे बीती रतिया
पिया जाने न
हाय
Song: Hai re woh din kyon na aaye
ja ja ke ritu
हाय रे वो दिना क्यों न आये
ज ज के ऋतु
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