Aradhana (1969 film)

Aradhana English Worship is a 1969 Indian romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. It was voted as the best film of the year by the Filmfare Awards. Sharmila Tagore won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film.

In an idyllic hilly terrain, Indian air force officer Arun Varma Rajesh Khanna sings Mere Sapno Ki Rani atop an open jeep along with his copilot Madan Sujit Kumar, while Vandana Sharmila Tagore, the daughter of a doctor Gopal Tripathi Pahadi Sanyal demurely sneaks glances at him from a mini train. After a brief romance, they have a secret wedding.Soon afterwards, Arun dies in an air crash leaving behind a heartbroken and pregnant Vandana. His family refuses to accept the unwed mothertobe since her marriage with Arun is never formalised. Meanwhile, her father also dies, leaving her destitute. Vandanas son is finally born, but she is forced to let a childless couple adopt him. But determined to be a part of his life, she accepts the responsibility of becoming his nanny. The boy is named Suraj. Her employers brother Shyam Manmohan arrives and lusts for Vandana. He tries to harass her physically when noone is around, but Suraj arrives and stabs him to death in order to save his nanny. Upon the arrival of police, Vandana confesses to the murder while Suraj runs away. Thus, Vandana is sent to jail and Suraj forgets this mishap as he grows up. ........

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