Anand (Hindi: आनंद, Urdu: آنند) is a Hindi movie written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and released in 1970. It starred Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna and Sumita Sanyal. The film was both a critical and commercial success. Considered as one of the greatest movies of all time, this film beautifully captures some of the greatest philosophies of life. The dialogue of the film was written by the acclaimed poet and writer Gulzar.
Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.
Trivia;
The character of Anand was inspired by Raj Kapoor, who use to call Hrishikesh Mukherjee as "Babu Moshay". The film is dedicated to Raj Kapoor and the people of Bombay.
Music;
The musical score for the film was composed by Salil Chaudhary. The lyrics were written by Gulzar (Maine tere liye, Na jiya jaye na and the poem Maut tu ek kavita hai) and Yogesh (Kahin door jab din dhal jaaye and Zindagi kaisi hai paheli).
Filmfare Awards; * Filmfare Best Actor Award(Rajesh Khanna) * Filmfare Best Dialogue Award (Gulzar) * Filmfare Best Editing Award (Hrishikesh Mukherjee) * Filmfare Best Movie Award (Hrishikesh Mukherjee, N.C. Sippy) * Filmfare Best Story Award (Hrishikesh Mukherjee) * Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Amitabh Bachchan)......
Prabodh Chandra Dey (born May 1, 1919), better known by his nickname Manna Dey (Bengali: মান্না দে Manna De), is one of the greatest playback singers in Hindi films and other vernacular Indian films, especially Bengali. Arguably he is the greatest trained male singer of bollywood.......
Manna Dey currently lives in Bangalore in the township of Kalyannagar after spending more than fifty years in Bombay. He also maintains a Kolkata (Calcutta) address. He still travels widely in the world to present musical programs......
Accolades and Awards;
Renowned singer, Mohammad Rafi, once said to reporters: "You listen to my songs. I listen only to Manna Dey's songs". According to musicians Sachin Dev Burman and Anil Biswas, Manna Dey could sing any song of Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Talat Mehmood.
Manna Dey has been honored with the titles, the National Singer of India, Padma Shri, and Padma Bhushan......
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