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Jul 29, 2024 · Vasudha Sabharwal. “Anand mara nahin, Anand marte nahin!” I believe in protecting good things. Good things are sacred, and the excess exposure might ruin the experience. I may have read...
- The Premise
- The Casting of Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan
- The Music
- The Intrinsic Value of Life
- A Genre-Breaking Middle Cinema Form
Anand’s illness is made very clear at the very beginning of the film. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was clear to Gulzar that he wanted his audience to know about Anand’s illness at the very outset. When the film begins, we are introduced to Bhaskar (Amitabh Bachchan) who has been felicitated with a literary award. A doctor by profession, this award seems st...
One of the film’s greatest strength is the camaraderie between the two principal characters, Anand and Bhaskar. These two characters are polar opposites: the former is the outgoing, spirited soul- full of energy and enthusiasm, whereas the later too self-contained and inexpressible in every matter. Together, their relationship becomes the soul of t...
One of the strongest, most enduring power of Anand emanates from its soulful, melodious songs composed by the inimitable Salil Chowdhary. From “Jiya Lage Na” to “Zindagi kaisi he paheli haaye”, each song served its own purpose in the narrative without becoming an extension. The lyrics by Gulzar fit in beautifully, and rendered evocative moments of ...
At various points in the film, several supporting characters come to know about Anand’s illness, and are shocked to witness his zest for life stay intact. Anand is a character study of a doomed individual, but simultaneously it is also an ode to the eternal quest of mankind- to relinquish life as much as possible. Anand hurries to finalize the rela...
In the 70s, there was a movement in Hindi Cinema by the name of ‘middle cinema’- one that stood at the midpoint between mainstream commercial cinema and arthouse parallel cinema. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was one of the most important, as well as successful filmmakers in this genre, combining entertainment with prevalent societal issues. Anand begins on...
Plot. At an award ceremony in Mumbai for his first book, 'Anand', Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee is asked to speak about the book. Bhaskar says that the book has been written based on his diary excerpts when he met Anand and narrates to the audience his experience with him.
Dec 16, 2021 · Just like Oran in Albert Camus’s 'The Plague', the world of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anand (1971) is enveloped by death and suffering. This is made clear long before Rajesh Khanna’s character ...
Mar 8, 2020 · In Anand, Mukherjee makes the protagonist a do-gooder. The character Anand Saigal (Khanna), a Punjabi who migrated to Delhi after the Partition, shifts to Bombay, soon after discovering his terminal illness — lymphosarcoma (a type of cancer). Related stories: Kozhikode’s deep bond with Rafi kept alive over the years
Mar 18, 2021 · At war with himself for not being able to cure an impoverished society of disease, Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee (Amitabh Bachchan) tells the story of how the terminally ill Anand Sahai (Rajesh Khanna),...
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Anand: Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. With Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo. The story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
