Aradhana (1969)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Rajesh Khanna	...	Arun / Suraj Prasad Saxena
	Sharmila Tagore	...	Vandhana Tripathi
	Sujit Kumar	...	Madan Verma
	Farida Jalal	...	Renu
	Anita Dutt	...	Mrs. Prasad Saxena (Woman in the silhouette)
	Madan Puri	...	Prison Warden
	Ashok Kumar	...	Air Commodore Ganguly
	Abhi Bhattacharya	...	Ram Prasad Saxena (Man in the silhouette)
	Asit Sen	...	Sitaram
	Manmohan	...	Shyam
	Pahadi Sanyal	...	Gopal Tripathi (as Pahari Sanyal)
	Master Puran
	Master Shahid
	Dulari	...	Lady Doctor
	Sadhana Patel

Storyline

Dashing pilot Arun romances Vandana Tripathi, and both in love with each other, become very intimate, and as a result Vandana gets pregnant. Arun and Vandana have a quiet temple wedding ceremony, and Arun leaves to re-join his duties. Unfortunately, Arun is killed, and Vandana is unable to convince anyone of her marriage with him, and as such must re-locate to hide her shame. She gives birth to a baby boy, who she must place in an orphanage, and then adopt. Unfortunately for her, the boy, Suraj, is adopted by someone else. She manages to find out their whereabouts, and gets a job as a servant. When she is about to be molested by Shyam, a relative, Suraj witnesses this, and kills him. Vandana takes the blame for this killing and is sentenced to imprisonment, leaving her son and her life behind, for a crime she did not commit. When she returns everything has changed, and she is unable to locate the family where her son was. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)  

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