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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,
50 years after its release, Anand continues to turn heads
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50 years after its release, Anand continues to turn heads.(photo:India Narrative). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 13: Fifty years ago, in March 12, 1971 when Rajesh Khannas film Anand was released. I was 10-year-old when I first saw the black and white print of this movie in my school. The school auditorium reverberated with sobs, even I was sobbing uncontrollably.
Why? The delicate sensitivity of a child in me could feel the looming death in the film. I was devastated witnessing my favourite star rue in silence. Fifty years hence has made me old and heralded wisdom, and since then Anand has become a very different film for me
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