| Anand Ashram | |
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| Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
| Written by | Shakti Samanta Kamleshwar (dialogue-Hindi) Prabhat Roy (dialogue-Bengali) |
| Story by | Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay |
| Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
| Starring | Ashok Kumar Uttam Kumar Sharmila Tagore |
| Cinematography | Aloke Dasgupta |
| Edited by | Bijoy Chowdhary |
| Music by | Shyamal Mitra |
Production company | Shakti Films |
| Distributed by | Shakti Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi Bengali |
Ananda Ashram (Hindi: Anand Ashram, English: The Ashram of joy) is a 1977 Indian bilingual romantic drama film made in Bengali and Hindi language simultaneously, co-written and directed by Shakti Samanta. Based on a story by film director and novelist, Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay,[1] it stars Ashok Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Moushumi Chatterjee and Rakesh Roshan (making his debut in Bengali cinema) in lead roles.[2][3] The same story was earlier filmed as 'Doctor' in 1940 starred by Pankaj Mullick, Ahindra Choudhury and Bharati Devi.[4]
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- ^ "Doctor (1940)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 19 June 2024.