Anuradha (1960 film)
Anuradha (Hindi: अनुराधा; English: Love of Anuradha) is a 1960 Hindi-language Indian film produced and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Balraj Sahni and Leela Naidu in lead roles along with Asit Sen and Mukri. The film is noted for being Miss India Naidu's debut film.
| Anuradha | |
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| Directed by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Screenplay by | Shachin Bhowmick Rajinder Singh Bedi D. N. Mukherjee Samir Chowdhary |
| Story by | Sachin Bhowmick |
| Produced by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee L. B. Thakur |
| Starring | Balraj Sahni Leela Naidu |
| Cinematography | Jaywant Pathare |
| Edited by | Das Dhaimade |
| Music by | Pandit Ravi Shankar (composer) Shailendra (lyricist) |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The film's music was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, in one of his rare forays into Hindi cinema. The film was based on a short story by Sachin Bhowmick, first published in the Bengali monthly magazine Desh, and according to his autobiography, Madame Bovary, the 1857 novel by Gustave Flaubert, inspired him to create this story.
The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival in 1961.