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Remembering Anand and Its Gallows Humour of an India at Ease With Its Differences
Fifty years later, Rajesh Khanna still glows as he goes about spreading joy to all, irrespective of language, caste or religion
A still from Anand .
History15/Mar/2021
The year 1971 was marked with several âbig victoriesâ â in politics, cricket and in war â all of which had long term implications for India. The national mood was buoyant, even if the country continued to struggle with endemic problems.
Fifty years later, we look back at those times and evoke some of that mood.Â
Rewatching
Anand recently was like seeing a different film. The story was the same, of two unlikely friends. Dr Bhaskar Banerjee (Amitabh Bachchan), a medical doctor, is the author of a book,