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Anand Ashram (1977)

Anand Ashram poster
Original title
आनंद आश्रम
Directed by
Shakti Samanta
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 07m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor runs an ashram that brings joy and healing to people. Romantic entanglements and family secrets unfold among the characters living there.

romanticdramaticheartfeltnostalgicemotionalfamily-centeredmelodramatic

What happens

Ananda Ashram (Hindi: Anand Ashram, English: The Ashram of joy) is a 1977 Indian bilingual romantic drama film made in Bengali and Hindi language simultaneously, co-written and directed by Shakti Samanta. Based on a story by film director and novelist, Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay, it stars Ashok Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Moushumi Chatterjee and Rakesh Roshan (making his debut in Bengali cinema) in lead roles. The same story was earlier filmed as 'Doctor' in 1940 starred by Pankaj Mullick, Ahindra Choudhury and Bharati Devi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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