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Aradhana is a film of genre Drama directed by Shakti Samanta with Sharmila Tagore
Aradhana (1969)
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Add to a movie listAradhana (English: Worship) is a 1969 Hindi language romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. It was voted as the best film of the year by the Filmfare Awards. Sharmila Tagore won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film. The film was the highest grosser of 1969.
Originally released in Hindi and dubbed in Bengali, Aradhana's huge success gave way to two remakes, both starring Vanisri in Sharmila Tagore's role: the Tamil film Sivakamiyin Selvan (1974) and the Telugu film Kannavari Kalalu (1974).
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The story opens against the backdrop of idyllic hilly terrain with Indian air force officer Arun Varma (Rajesh Khanna) crooning "Mere sapno ki rani" atop an open jeep along with his co-pilot Madan (Sujit Kumar), while Vandana (Sharmila Tagore), the daughter of a doctor Gopal Tripathi (Pahadi Sanyal) demurely sneaks glances at him from a mini train. After a brief romance, they have a secret wedding.Actors
Sharmila Tagore
(Vandhana Tripathi)
Rajesh Khanna
(Arun / Suraj Prasad Saxena)
Sujit Dhungana
(Madan Verma)
Farida Jalal
(Renu)
Pahari Sanyal
(Gopal Tripathi)
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