Anand Ashram (transl. Ashram of joy) is a 1977 Indian drama film written and directed by Shakti Samanta, based on a story by film director and novelist, Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay. It starred Ashok Kumar, Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore in lead roles.[1] This film has a Bengali version too with the same title released on the same day,[2] Samanta has previously made another double version, Amanush (1975) with the same lead actors, however this film didn't do well at the box office.[3]
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Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
Written by | Shakti Samanta Kamleshwar (dialogue-Hindi) Prabhat Roy (dialogue-Bengali) |
Story by | Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay |
Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
Starring | Ashok Kumar Uttam Kumar Sharmila Tagore |
Cinematography | Aloke Dasgupta |
Edited by | Bijoy Chowdhary |
Music by | Shyamal Mitra |
Production company | Shakti Films |
Distributed by | Shakti Films |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
Country | India |
Languages | Hindi Bengali |
Dr. Amaresh lives with his wealthy father, a Thakur, in a small town in India. While the Thakur would like to get Amaresh to marry a woman from an equally wealthy family, he has fallen in love with a poor woman named Asha, and would like to marry her. The Thakur is displeased, and asks Amaresh to leave his house, never to return. A few months later, Thakur's employee, Girdhari, informs him that he has found an abandoned child by the river bank, and would like to adopt him. Initially, the Thakur does not want anything to do with the child, but when he sees it for the first time, he decides to let Girdhari have his way. Years later, young Samaresh has grown up under Girdhari and Thakur's care, and travels abroad to study in order to be a doctor. When he returns, he decides to work with a chemical company. His travels take him to meet a beautiful woman named Sumita, her father, and an elderly man named Doctor. Samaresh is perturbed by this doctor, who seems to know him very well, and wants him to leave his job at the chemical company, and start practicing medicine in the small town where they live. What Samaresh does not know that this doctor is none other than his biological father, Amaresh. What both don't know is what steps the Thakur will take when he finds out that Samaresh is none other than his grandson.
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Released | 1977 |
Genre | Featured Film Soundtrack, Bengali Ghazals |
Label | Sa Re Ga Ma |
Producer | Shakti Samanta |
The film had music by Shyamal Mitra, with lyrics by Indeevar
Song | Singer (s) | Duration |
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"Tum Itni Sundar Ho" | Yesudas, Preeti Sagar | 3:55 |
"Sara Pyar Tumhara" | Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar | 3:58 |
"Tere Liye Maine Sabko Chhoda" | Kishore Kumar | 4:01 |
"Raahi Naye Naye Rasta Naya Naya" | Kishore Kumar | 3:40 |
"Safal Wohi Jeevan Hai" | Shyamal Mitra | 3:38 |
"Jab Chaho Chali Aaoongi" | Lata Mangeshkar | 3:49 |
Bengali songs
After the success of Amanush in 1975 Samanta cast almost same actors and making again in double version. Both the version released at the same time while Bengali version which was release at the Durga Puja festival time that became all time blockbuster and ran for 26 weeks constantly. But the hindi version was not doing well like Amanush and doing average business.