Apnapan
Apnapan is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by J. Om Prakash under the FILMYUG Pvt. Ltd. banner. It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Reena Roy and Sulakshana Pandit, and has music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a Super Hit at the box office. This film was remade in Telugu as Illalu.
Roy played a selfish gold-digger who abandons her husband and child, which garnered her critical acclaim and a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, she rejected the award citing that she was among the film's protagonists and not supporting actors, thus becoming the second actress to decline a Filmfare Award.
Plot
Kamini abandons Anil Mehra and their baby son Prakash for her own selfish reasons. A few years later, Anil falls in love with Radhika and marries her. Radhika treats Prakash who is now a six-year-old, as her own son. Radhika meets Kamini in a store and they become friends, not knowing about each other's histories. When Kamini realizes that Radhika is Anil's second wife and her own son's stepmother, she longs to be with Prakash and be a mother to him again. When he has an accident, she donates her own blood to save him. But when she asks Anil to give her son back to her, he doesn't agree. A heartbroken Kamini can only say goodbye.Cast
- Jeetendra as Anil Mehra
- Reena Roy as Kamini Agarwal
- Sulakshana Pandit as Radhika Sharma
- Sanjeev Kumar as Raja Yashpal Singh
- Iftekhar as Kishan Agarwal
- Pinchoo Kapoor as Mr. Desai
- Aruna Irani as Gangubai
- Birbal as Ronak Singh
- Sudhir Dalvi
- Nivedita Joshi-Saraf
- Raj Mehra
- Vishal Desai as Prakash
Soundtrack
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi| # | Title | Singer |
| 1 | "Dil Pe Zara Hath Rakh Lo" | Asha Bhosle |
| 2 | "Is Duniya Mein" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar |
| 3 | "Ek Din Mein Sau Baar" | Dilraj Kaur, Anuradha Paudwal |
| 4 | "Aadmi Musafir Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi |
| 5 | "Aadmi Musafir Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi |
| 6 | "Somwar Ko Hum Mile" | Kishore Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit |
Awards
26th Filmfare Awards:Won
Nominated
- Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Aadmi Musafir Hai"
- Best Male Playback Singer – Mohammed Rafi for "Aadmi Musafir Hai"
In popular culture
- The 1945 book Eve by the English writer James Hadley Chase plays a central role in the meeting of the protagonists Anil and Radhika.