Apnapan (transl. Kinship) 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.[1] This film was remade in Telugu as Illalu (1981).

Apnapan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. Om Prakash
Written byKishore Sahu
Produced byJ. Om Prakash
StarringJeetendra
Reena Roy
Sulakshana Pandit
Sanjeev Kumar
CinematographyV. Babasaheb
Edited byNand Kumar
Music byLaxmikant Pyarelal
Production
company
FILMYUG Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 28 December 1977 (1977-12-28)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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 (after Vyjayanthimala for 1955's Devdas) to decline a Filmfare Award.[2]

Plot

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Kamini (Reena Roy) abandons Anil Mehra (Jeetendra) and their baby son Prakash for her own selfish reasons. A few years later, Anil falls in love with Radhika (Sulakshana Pandit) 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

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Soundtrack

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Lyrics: Anand Bakshi

# Title Singer(s)
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" (Sad) Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
5 "Aadmi Musafir Hai" (Happy) Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
6 "Somwar Ko Hum Mile" Kishore Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit

Awards

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26th Filmfare Awards:[3]

Won

Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Apnapan (Box office Range)". Box Office India.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  2. ^ Jha, Subhash K. (15 January 2017). "Kirti Kulhari upset with 'supporting' nomination". The Asian Age. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. ^ "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
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