Anamika

For 2008 film, please see Anamika (2008 film)

Anamika (Hindi: अनामिका) is a 1973 Hindi film made in India and directed by Raghunath Jalani. It is a romantic, suspense film with memorable songs by composer R.D. Burman and lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri, such as "Meri Bheegi Bheegi Si" sung by Kishore Kumar and "Bahon Mein Chale Aao" sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

This film is unrelated to the 2008 film Anamika starring Dino Morea.^[1]

Plot

It is the story of a reclusive writer (Sanjeev Kumar) who finds a young woman (Jaya Bhaduri) thrown from a speeding car with her hands tied and her mouth gagged. He, his uncle, and his secretary (Asrani) take the unconscious girl home, and when she wakes up the next morning, she doesn't remember anything about her life and insists that she is the writer's wife. The uncle convinces the writer to humor the girl until she regains her memory. In the meantime, she shows him the crazy, fun part of life. He calls her Anamika, which means "Girl without a Name." As he is falling in love with her, he sees clues about her past that raise more questions: Is she a married woman named Archana or is she a prostitute named Kanchan? Just as unexpectedly as she had come into his life, she leaves him. When he sees her again at a party, she refuses to recognize him. The movie's mystery deepens as the writer finds out who the woman actually is.

Cast

• Sanjeev Kumar - Devendra Dutt
• Jaya Bhaduri - Anamika/Kanchan/Archana
• Iftekhar - Dr. Irshad Husain
• Asrani - Hanuman Singh
• A. K. Hangal - Shiv Prasad
• Meena T. - Bijli (Maid)
• Baby Pinky - Dolly (as Baby Pinki)
• Shivraj - Naresh's Father
• Helen - Rubai (Cabaret Dancer)
• Yunus Parvez - Ram Lakhan (as Yunus Parwaiz)
• Raja Duggal - Photoshop Owner
• Achala Sachdev - Archana's Mother (as Achla Sachdev)
• Narendra Nath - Ganga Prasad Malhotra
• Rajesh Behl - Naresh (as Ramesh Behel)

Crew

• Director - Raghunath Jhalani
• Story - Surendra Prakash
• Screenplay - Shashi Bhushan
• Dialogue - Madan Joshi
• Producer - Tahir Hussain
• Editor - Babu Lavande, Gurudutt Shirali
• Cinematographer - Munir Khan
• Art Director - Shanti Dass
• Production Manager - M. C. Dalal, Raju Ghandiyar
• Assistant Director - Ramesh Ahuja (chief), Ranganath Jadhav, Mohammed Maroof
• Assistant Editor - Dilip Dutt
• Assistant Art Director - Madhukar S. Shinde, Dilip Singh
• Costume and Wardrobe - Bhanu Athaiya, Mohammed Hussain, Sudha Parekh, Shalini Shah, Gopal (assistant)
• Choreographer - Suresh Bhatt
• Music Director - Rahul Dev Burman
• Lyricist - Majrooh Sultanpuri
• Playback Singers - Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

Music

• Song "Meri bheegi bheegi si" was listed at #4 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973
• Song "Bahon mein chale aao" was listed at #36 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973

Remake

The film was later remade in Telugu and titled Kalpana (film)(1977) starring Jayachitra in the title role, and Murali Mohan as the serious writer who falls in love with her. Most of the tunes for the Telugu songs were different from the songs in Hindi film, especially the memorable Telugu song "oka udayamlo."^[2]

References

External links

• Anamika at the Internet Movie Database

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