---
title: 'Aradhana (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shakti Samanta'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 159
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/aradhana-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065416/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Aradhana (1969)

1969 · 159 min · Drama, Romance · India

Original title: आराधना

## Synopsis

Aradhana is a 1969 Indian Hindi musical romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. It won the Filmfare Award for Best Film at the 17th Filmfare Awards. Tagore gave one of the best performances of her career and won Filmfare Best Actress Award. Originally released in Hindi and dubbed in Bengali, Aradhana's huge success led to two remakes: the Tamil film Sivagamiyin Selvan (1974) and the Telugu film Kannavari Kalalu (1974).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shakti Samanta](https://cinepixo.com/people/shakti-samanta)
- **Producer:** [Shakti Samanta](https://cinepixo.com/people/shakti-samanta)
- **Screenplay:** [Sachin Bhowmick](https://cinepixo.com/people/sachin-bhowmick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sachin Dev Burman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sachin-dev-burman)

## Cast

- [Farida Jalal](https://cinepixo.com/people/farida-jalal)
- [Pahari Sanyal](https://cinepixo.com/people/pahari-sanyal)
- [Rajesh Khanna](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajesh-khanna)
- [Sharmila Tagore](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharmila-tagore)
- [Ashok Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-kumar)
- [Sujit Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/sujit-kumar)

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