Aanchal

19801980
2h 18m

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6.5/10

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Rekha, Rajesh Khanna, and Rakhee Gulzar in Aanchal (1980)

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The pure, selfless, and strong bond between Shambu and his sister-in-law Shanti is misunderstood by their family and the society, leading them to face many trials that threaten to split the ... Read allThe pure, selfless, and strong bond between Shambu and his sister-in-law Shanti is misunderstood by their family and the society, leading them to face many trials that threaten to split the family.The pure, selfless, and strong bond between Shambu and his sister-in-law Shanti is misunderstood by their family and the society, leading them to face many trials that threaten to split the family.

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6.5/10

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Director
- Anil Ganguly
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- Tarashankar Banerjee(story)
- Sachin Bhowmick(screenplay)
- Ehsan Rizvi(dialogue)
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This movie revolves around the lives of two brothers, Kishan (Amol Palekar) and Shambhu (Rajesh Khanna). Kishan is married to Shanti (Raakhee), but both are unable to have children. When Tulsi (Rekha) and her blind mother come to live in the same village, Shambhu falls in love with her. Tulsi is the cousin of Jaggan (Prem Chopra) who does not like Tulsi and Shambhu together and plots to separate them. Jaggan creates false rumors about Shanti and Shambhu having an affair, and as a result Kishan decides to marry again - to Tulsi -at the suggestion of Jaggan, and divorces Shanti. Will this controversy ever be resolved? Will Shambhu and Tulsi marry? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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The only time Amol Palekar-Raakhee were cast opposite each other. Ironically they played 'Bhaiyya-Bhabhi' to a portly Rajesh Khanna who was older than both of them.

Connections
Remake of Champadangar Bou (1954)

Soundtracks
Bhor Bhaye Panchi Dhun Ye Sunaye
Performed by Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
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8/10

Family entertainer

Anchal is one of those village based themes which makes for pleasant viewing. It is basically about the happenings in a happy family which undergoes some problems because of the antics of the villain.

Amol palekhar plays rajesh's elder brother who suspects the relationship between his wife raakhee & rajesh. This should have been given greater emphasis by the director but thrust has been given only towards the last few minutes of the film.

The pivot of the film is Raakhee & she has given a memorable performance. Rekha plays rajesh's love interest & this is a routine role for her. Prem chopra is his typical self as the villain.

Now, coming to the hero Rajesh khanna. He plays the innocent villager with aplomb & his romantic skirmishes with rekha are delightful. His emotional scenes with raakhee could have been shown with more punch.

R.D.Murman is the music director. He has given good songs but except for the opening song "Bhor Bhaye Panchi", the rest are average. Maybe it is also because we have come to expect superlative songs from the RD-Kaka combine.

Thge production values are good, the village locales are pleasing to the eyes & it is a clean entertainer without a trace of double meaning dialogue/vulgarity.

A film for the family.

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