Anuradha

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Trivia

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• The film was dedicated to the memory of the film financier and distributor M.B. Billimoria.
• This was Pandit Ravi Shankar's return to composing music for Hindi films after more than a decade. The acclaimed Hindustani classical musician and sitar player had composed music for two Hindi films earlier - "Dharti Ke Lal" (1946) and "Neecha Nagar" (1946).[1][2]
• This was the debut Hindi film of Leela Naidu, the winner of the Miss India crown in 1954.
• The film was based on a story written by Sachin Bhowmick. The story was first published in the Bengali magazine "Desh" and was inspired by the novel "Madame Bovary" (1856) written by the French author Gustave Flaubert.
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee had gotten Lata Mangeshkar to agree to compose music for this film. She excused herself later because she had given word to some other filmmaker that if she ever composed music for films, she would do it for him. Mukherjee then approached the Hindustani classical vocalist Bade Ghulam Ali Khan to compose the film's music. He had second thoughts when the maestro demanded a fee of one rupee more than Shankar - Jaikishan's prevailing rate. Mukherjee finally turned to Pandit Ravi Shankar, who agreed to come on board. According to the director, Ravi Shankar composed the film's music in just two days. Lata Mangeshkar ended up singing five solos and a group song for the film.[3]

Song

• Haay Re Woh Din Kyun Na Aaye - This song, based on Raag Janasammohini, inspired Laxmikant - Pyarelal to compose a film song based on a similar raaga - Raag Kalavati - "Kabhi To Miloge Jeevan Saathi" ("Sati Savitri", 1964).[4][5]

1. ^ Dharti Ke Lal (1946)
2. ^ Neecha Nagar (1946)
3. ^ Hrishikesh Mukherjee speaks about his movie 'Anuradha'
4. ^ Pyarelal Interview - RMIM
5. ^ Kabhi To Miloge Jeevan Saathi (Sati Savitri, 1964)