Burman was credited as associate music director.) Featuring Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar and Mohd Rafi, the album’s most iconic song remains the bhajan-like devotional ‘ Saphal Hogi Teri Aradhana’, sung by the composer himself. Burman and lyricist Anand Bakshi’s soundtrack. If you mention Aradhana to anyone today, you’re most likely to hear about composer S.D. The trio of Tagore, Khanna and Samanta went on to create another seminal romance in Amar Prem (1972). Credit to Tagore for picking a role that ‘aged’ her. She gets out after 12 years only to come face to face with her Air Force officer son Suraj Saxena who doesn’t recognise her, something she is grateful for, given her past.Īlso read: Devi to Kashmir ki Kali to Censor Board: Sharmila Tagore is not just Taimur’s grandmomĭespite the contrivances, it’s a sight to see a Hindi film star play a leading lady’s husband and son - a novelty that was actually inspired by 1946 Hollywood release To Each His Own. She does find space in their house as a nanny, but soon after becomes a victim of the lust of her employer’s brother Shyam (Manmohan) and is jailed for his murder.įate, though, is still not done with Vandana. She lets a childless couple adopt her son, with the pledge to groom the child into becoming an Air Force officer, a promise she had made to Arun.
RAJESH KHANNA MOVIE SONG SERIES
To amp up the drama for Vandana’s self-sacrificial character, Samanta conjures up a series of conflicts that don’t end well for her. However, he does sing to her the words that ultimately come to define her and the film - “ Saphal hogi teri aradhana (Your devotion will be answered)”. While Arun’s family refuses to accept her and she decides to keep her ‘illegitimate’ child, troubles befall both Vandana and her father, who perishes to the sudden struggles late in his life. But not before he leaves behind a pregnant Vandana, who has now been handed a lifetime of miseries. In earlier movies, this was usually shown as ‘paap’, but Aradhana treats it with a gentler knife – giving her agency. But fate has something else in store for both of them.Īlso read: Try watching ‘Satyakam’ in the age of post-truth, fake news and incorruptible leadersĪfter a night of erotic passion, shot in a breathtaking single-shot, non-lip sync song ‘ Roop Tera Mastana’, Arun dies in an air crash.
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The Air Force officer is certain of his commitment to the woman and gets married to her secretly at a temple. In a charming sequence, Vandana and Arun meet for the first time - a scenario that has since ‘inspired’ several Hindi romances - at her house while he goes seeking her doctor father Gopal Tripathi (Pahari Sanyal). (It also features Sujit, considered the ‘lucky mascot’ of Khanna.) The Kishore Kumar playback, Khanna’s charm and, of course, his mannerisms serenade Vandana.
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In Darjeeling’s beautiful mountains, we meet Flight Lt Arun Verma, the Khanna we know today - with the signature head-tilt and hand movement. And the film shows a (traditional) flashback about how she reached this point.Ĭut to one of the most loved Hindi songs of all time - ‘ Mere Sapno Ki Rani’.
RAJESH KHANNA MOVIE SONG TRIAL
The film starts off with a trial scene, in an uncharacteristic non-linear sequence (written by Sachin Bhowmick), where Vandana is jailed for 14 years over murder charges.