Aradhana

 (1969)

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best & evergreen songs
Sep 20, 2008
cottonconnections - in.movies.yahoo.com
The Great love story and ever green songs until our lives... Full review
hi
Jun 20, 2008
sarathabhishek - in.movies.yahoo.com
a good picturer and most meanining ful songs written and song... Full review
Entry of the Super star
Jun 15, 2008
alokc - imdb.com
Aradhana introduces to Indian cinema a great talent Rajesh Khanna. Though this was not his first movie, but this movie brought him acclaim,recognition and Super Star status. The movie has him in a double role where he succeeds in showing different... Full review
Super Star Rajesh Khanna
Jun 13, 2008
manoharv2001 - in.movies.yahoo.com
A woman dedicates her life to her husband and son. Vandana, the daughter of a doctor, returns to her hometown upon completion of her studies. She comes across Arun, a smart and bold pilot. They fall in love and get married... Full review
year best
Dec 04, 2007
sramakrishnan_srk - in.movies.yahoo.com
i wish to see this movie like anything because the actors are very much liked by me.... Full review
Aradhna nothing before or nothing beyond it.
Dec 11, 2006
foodforbrain7 - imdb.com
What kind of sacrifices an Indian woman gives in her day to day life ShaktiDa has showed it in an excellent form and to complement his directorial greatness Sharmilaji has performed out of the league. She has left all of... Full review
I now understand why this movie is a classic
Jan 09, 2006
neetivgarg - imdb.com
Fantastic music and a dashing leading man aside, the main reason why Aradhana works is perhaps because of the wonderful story line and direction. Though this movie is more often remembered for shooting Rajesh Khanna into the big league, its... Full review
Rajesh Khanna's Shot to Fame !!!
Nov 02, 2005
Umar Mansoor Bajwa - imdb.com
This block buster movie discovered an Indian superstar. Thereafter, Rajesh Khanna instantaneously became a phenomenon. Movie after movie of his, hit on the box office and it seemed as if there is no stop to it. It was the first... Full review
A film to remember
Dec 13, 1999
Anu kapoor - imdb.com
**** Contains Spoilers **** The film begins with Vandhana (Sharmila Tagore), being sentenced to 14 yrs in jail. Her past tells us everthing. Her past starts off with Vandhana coming back from somwhere to join her dad. Later Vandhana meets... Full review
manoharv2001
Mar 05, 2008
manoharv2001
In the sixties and seventies ace director Shakti Samanta created many blockbusters and a few stars.However his biggest hit and most famous protege surfaced in the year 1969.Rajesh Khanna had debuted in Chetan Anand’s ’Aakhri Khat’ and done a few other films.But he was not yet a star.Samanta dreamt up a movie that would use picturesque Darjeeling as setting.A song was created with the hero in a dhaka topi ’serenading’ the heroine while she was reading Alistair Maclean on the world famous toy train en route to Darjeeling.Sachin Bhowmick wrote what was essentially an unbelivable story for the film.But enough of that.Lets try to analyse why both Rajesh Khanna and ’Aradhana’ became such massive successes.Well,the theme,the bare theme tugged at the heartstrings of many-the mother giving up her life for the sake of a promise made to her husband/lover whatever.Going to jail and allowing him to become a ’pilot officer’ just like daddy dear.The actress who played the part of the mother looked pretty as the heroine and with make-up acted well as the mother of all sacrifices(!).Rajesh Khanna as both father and son had this easy charm with an infectious sense of humour.His paunch showed though from time to time.The songs were good."Mere Sapnon Ki Rani..." has already been mentioned.This song made Kishore Kumar the top singer in Bollywood for the first time."Kora Kagaz Tha Yeh Mann..." was good.The rest of the numbers you could sleep through."Roop Tera Mastana" is over-hyped actually.All the same it was an okay film.

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