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Mar 3, 2021 · The themes and techniques of Anand would influence filmmakers, including a new wave wanting to add realism into cinema and a feel-good energy. Anand would also inspire movies like Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), which would revolve around a terminally ill man teaching others to love life. But the biggest winner was Amitabh Bachchan, the young man who no ...
- Anand was based on the friendship between Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Raj Kapoor. Hrishida told me he was so close to Raj Saab that not a day passed when they didn’t meet at least once.
- After Raj Kapoor as Anand did not work out, Hrishida’s choice for playing Anand was Kishore Kumar. But we all know how eccentric Kishoreda could be. So Hrishida went to Shashi Kapoor with the role.
- Lalita Pawar who was always cast in vampish roles here played the stern but softhearted nurse D’Sa. This was not the first time that Hrishida had cast the powerful Pawar as a kind Catholic.
- Real-life couple Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo played husband and wife in the film also. Anand Sehgal grows very fond of Seema Deo’s character. On her birthday he says the immortal line on mortality, “Main toh yeh bhi nahin keh sakta ki meri umar tumhe lag jaye.”
Jul 29, 2024 · You can’t do it for a 2-hour-long film. You can’t do it for Anand, ... and most importantly, to live for love because that’s what makes life worthwhile, otherwise, it’s all a deep ...
- 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...
Dec 16, 2021 · Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Anand' completed 50 years in 2021. The film explores the concepts of life and death in interesting ways by employing different moral philosophies in ...
Anand (transl. Joy) [a] is a 1971 Indian Hindi -language drama film co-written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with dialogues written by Gulzar. It stars Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, with a supporting cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo. The film won several awards, including the Filmfare Award for ...
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Mar 12, 2022 · Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anand was released 51 years ago on this date. This is the magic of the film made fifty-one years ago. It had unified the audience across the country. In these utterly divisive times, Anand stands its ground for egalitarian storytelling, glowing in its lessons of interfaith and joy de Vivre!
