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    Unique ID Code: 0000015659
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    Added on: 2/4/2001 01:12
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    Anand (Region Free)

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    Winner of the coveted `Saraswati Award` for 1970
    Certificate: none
    Running Time: 122 mins
    Retail Price: $13.99
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    Synopsis:
    The coveted `Saraswati Award` for 1970 is presented to Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee (Amitabh Bachchan) for his maiden work as a novelist. Bhaskar recieves high compliments for his portrayal of a most interesting and conventional character.

    Whilst accepting the award, Bhaskar reveals that the character in his novel is not fictitious but is actually based in a real person named Anand Saigal. Anand(Rajesh Khanna) who was suffering from an incurable cancer called lymphocircoma, first came to Dr. Prakash Kulkarni (Ramesh Deo), a close friend of Bhaskar. Prakash tells Bhaskar about his reluctance to take Anand as his patient, but after meeting anand, he was astonished that a dying man could have such a wonderful zest for life and happiness.

    Could such a man be aware of that, medically he was under a death sentence. Anand not only knew about his fate but was fully determined to enjoy every moment of the reminder of his life. He refused to wither away in a gloomy hospital room but rather chose to spend his last days in happiness with his friends. When death came, Anand`s friends realized that life was not over, for joy that Anand had so generously spread would live on and be the medium of his immortality.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access

    Video Tracks:
    Standard 1.33:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Mono Hindi

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English

    Directed By:
    Hrishikesh Mukherjee

    Written By:




    Starring:
    Asit Sen
    Seema
    Ramesh Deo
    Sumita Sanyal
    Amitabh Bachchan
    Rajesh Khanna

    Soundtrack By:
    Sebastian
    Kanu Ghosh
    Salil Choudhury

    Director of Photography:
    Jaywant Pathare

    Editor:
    Shankar Pradhan
    Hrishikesh Mukherjee
    Subhash Gupta

    Costume Designer:
    Mohan
    M.R. Bhutkar

    Producer:
    N.C. Sippy
    B.K. Singh
    Narendar
    Hrishikesh Mukherjee

    Executive Producer:
    Romu N. Sippy

    Distributor:
    DEI

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