Anupama

<p>Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose), a successful businessman in , marries Aruna (Surekha Pandit) late in his life. His happy marriage ends when Aruna dies during childbirth, leaving behind a young daughter, Uma ( ). Mohan cannot bear to see his daughter unless he is drunk, as she is a painful reminder of his late wife. Naturally, Uma grows up all by herself and becomes highly introverted and depressed. As time passes, Mohan’s health starts failing due to overwork and alcoholism; doctors suggest a change of weather to a hill station, . Meanwhile, Arun Mehta (Deven Verma), the son of Mohan’s friend Hari Mehta, is set to marry Uma, but prefers Annie ( ) instead. He returns home after studying engineering abroad for five years, and joins them along with his friend, Ashok ( ), a writer and teacher who due to his straightforward nature most of the time remains jobless. Things change when young Ashok enters Uma’s life. Uma falls in love with Ashok but she cannot do anything to jeopardize the already fragile relationship between her and her father who dislikes Ashok. Finally, Uma’s father agrees and Uma leaves with Ashok to his . According to Mukherjee, the film was based on his cousin. “My aunt died during childbirth, my uncle became an alcoholic, and he couldn’t stand his daughter. For Anupama’s relationship with the poet who rescues her, I used my imagination,” he told . His decision to cast Tagore as the protagonist was also frowned upon. Tagore, who was working on at the time, had received backlash for wearing a one-piece swimsuit for the film. She was the first actress to have done so. “There were howls of protests when I signed [Tagore]. I was told to take instead,” Mukherjee confessed. The song from the film was shot in , for which Tagore and her co-star had to report on set at five in the morning. Majority of was shot at Mohan Studios in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The music for the Anupama was composed by , written by lyricist , and sung by and . was released on 21 January 1966, and did “above average” at the box office. Tagore and Dharmendra received critical acclaim for their performances. The film was distributed globally on by . received five nominations at the 1967 Filmfare Awards for Best Film, and Jaywant Pathare won the . The film also won the at the .</p>